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01-31-2012, 06:19 PM
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Boy that's gorgeous! I have a Christmas Cactus that's about 4 years old and it blooms several times each year. Yours is much larger than mine. They're my favorite houseplant. I have a Spring/Easter Cactus that had orange flowers on it when I bought it but I've never been able to get it to bloom again. Very pretty!
01-31-2012, 07:24 PM
#14
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Location: central North Dakota
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Your cactus is absolutely gorgeous, and I venture to guess that you actually have 2 plants in the pot, since you are getting 2 colors of flowers. Whatever, it is beautiful. When I bring mine in from outside, I always take them to the basement and forget about them till after Christmas, and then I bring them up. They get no water and very little light. They say, the more you forget about it, the more it will bloom. That has always been my understanding. That being said, I have one that blooms every year, and the other never blooms. And I do exactly the same thing to them. Go figure.
02-01-2012, 05:37 AM
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Join Date: May 2011
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I Have two Christmas cactus' that bloom throughtot the winter and I love seeing the bright blooms. Yours is lovely with the two plants together and different colors of blooms.
This is what I have found works with my plants. In the summer I take them outside and they are in a slightly shaded area, they need light during the summer but not direct sunlight, that will burn the leaves (mine are on the east side of the house).
The plants need to be grow to the pot-not sure how to word that, not root bound but not too much extra room either for the roots.
I only fertilizer during the growing season and that is a bit haphard.
When the days start getting less daylight in the fall, bring the plant indoors and keep it as dark as possible, some people put a paper bag over the plant or put it in a closet for a couple of weeks. I just keep it in a room that is not used much. They need the change of daylight to set blossoms.
I water once a week from the bottom of the pot, it is easy to cause crown rot if over watered.
They have reached a point that they will bloom a couple of times in the winter months. It does take patience for them to bloom, it can take a few years.
I do have to say it is my favorite houseplant and I need to expand into other blossom colors.
This is what I have found works with my plants. In the summer I take them outside and they are in a slightly shaded area, they need light during the summer but not direct sunlight, that will burn the leaves (mine are on the east side of the house).
The plants need to be grow to the pot-not sure how to word that, not root bound but not too much extra room either for the roots.
I only fertilizer during the growing season and that is a bit haphard.
When the days start getting less daylight in the fall, bring the plant indoors and keep it as dark as possible, some people put a paper bag over the plant or put it in a closet for a couple of weeks. I just keep it in a room that is not used much. They need the change of daylight to set blossoms.
I water once a week from the bottom of the pot, it is easy to cause crown rot if over watered.
They have reached a point that they will bloom a couple of times in the winter months. It does take patience for them to bloom, it can take a few years.
I do have to say it is my favorite houseplant and I need to expand into other blossom colors.
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