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Caring for Christmas Cactus - Daves Garden By providing Christmas cactus with conditions that mimic what they experience in the wild, you can help your cactus survive and thrive, now and after the holidays
Will the Real Christmas Cactus Please Stand Up The Christmas cactus has a rounded lobe on the edge of the leaf Nothing pointed on this one The phylloclades also arch downward The Thanksgiving cactus leaves have soft points on the margins The leaves are also very erect and tend to spread out more than the others The Easter cactus is very easy to spot The flowers are very different for
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How to Care for the Christmas Cactus - Daves Garden How to Care for Christmas Cactus Did you know that the Thanksgiving and Christmas cacti are not true cacti? They are actually succulent plants called epiphytes that originally grow in shady rain forests, typically in the forks of tree limbs They bury their roots in debris that has fallen there and then dangle their stems down the tree’s trunk
Christmas Cacti Care - Daves Garden There are several plant species that are called Christmas cacti, but the true Christmas cactus is the plant discussed below, Schlumbergera x buckleyi, a hybrid of some very similar holiday cacti, a
My Grandmothers Christmas Cactus My grandmother passed away in 2004, but her Christmas cactus, which is nearly as old as I am, is still going strong on my enclosed front porch I've started new plants from it many times for friends and family members, as she also taught me the joy of sharing well-loved plants with others
Thanksgiving Cactus - Daves Garden Sellers call it Christmas cactus because it sells best by that name The true Christmas cactus, S ×buckleyi, blooms a month or so later than the Thanksgiving cactus and is usually in bloom after the holidays are past S truncata (Thanksgiving cactus) is easy to distinguish from the S ×buckleyi (Christmas cactus)
Moving Cacti (some tips and suggestions) - Daves Garden Wrapping the cactus in wadded up newspaper stuffed tightly into plastic bags can work well, too (though very large cacti will still stab you through multiple layers of newspaper sometimes) If dealing with tall cacti, you have to also consider what direction the plant may fall and try not be there when if it does (and pieces can fall off as well)