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02-01-2012, 01:48 PM
#31
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Location: Ohio
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Beautiful I have wanted one for a long time as my grandma always had them. I just don't know where to get one. I don't live around any nurseries or places like that . Yours makes me want one really really bad!
02-01-2012, 01:51 PM
#32
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Location: Ohio
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sigh.. I think I am going to lose mine-it froze partially last year .. so I may have to start all over again-I left it out over the summer and one night when we had a freezing rain- forgot to bring it in. So now it sits by the heater vent with love poured into it all the time from the outside. I may after we replace our slider doors with french doors put in a couple of plants to hang from the ceiling and let them bask in the love of the sun, watering and adorement. Then maybe I will have a plant as beautiful as yours (and a gf of mine who has an absolute green
thumb!)
thumb!)
02-01-2012, 08:49 PM
#36
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Location: Bacliff, TX on Galveston Bay
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I have a Christmas cactus that has been blooming the last 2 weeks. It was a little late in blooming for Christmas, but it bloomed on Christmas last year. Yes, I have had it for 2 Christmases and haven't killed it! We were in Central TX in Temple last year and we are in Galveston, TX now, so that may be why it is late in blooming. The blooms are beautiful pink--gorgeous! I'll see if we can get a photo tomorrow to post. I had three last year and gave the other two to two of my nieces, one in RI and one in AR. I'll have to check with them and see if theirs are blooming.
Kathy
Kathy
02-01-2012, 08:57 PM
#37
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Location: Perth, Western Australia
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Stunningly beautiful and very cheery. I have a similar plant, it's over 20 years old. Tragically it has been decimated by an enormous marri tree (type of eucalypt) which crashed down onto our patio on Monday evening. I am saving some pieces to strike some new plants.
I kill all live plants!
02-02-2012, 09:38 AM
#39
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Location: Milverton, ON, Canada
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Beautiful. They are beautiful and will survive almost anything. We have one that came from a snipping our landlady gave us the first year we were married and since we will celebrate 30 years this year I would say it is a survivor since certainly DO NOT have a green thumb.
02-02-2012, 10:25 AM
#40
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I have a cutting from a huge christmas cactus from my local quilt shop.....and I agree...the less attention it gets the better. No fussing over this plant. I just love the blooms!!<button id="smartswipe_doc_changed_button_id" style="display: none ! important;" smartswipe_uniqid="99c85ef2-36a1-440d-a172-33bf90c9151b"></button>
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