Christmas cactus on patio

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Christmas cactus on patio

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Mon Dec 23, 2019 12:35 pm

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Mon Dec 23, 2019 12:45 pm

That is absolutely lovely Donna.

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Mon Dec 23, 2019 1:49 pm

What a beautiful Christmas cactus.
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Mon Dec 23, 2019 4:41 pm

Beautiful! I love the white color. I have a couple of the pink shades, but they are smaller plants and not blooming here yet. Some of my favorite house plants!

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Mon Dec 23, 2019 5:47 pm

Nice that you can keep them outside.
Mine gets to go out only for the summer. I bought a pale pink recently too. The peachy/orange one I have blooms, appropriately, around Halloween.

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A red/pink one

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Fri Jan 03, 2020 10:25 pm

They're gorgeous! I love Christmas cactus.

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Sat Jan 04, 2020 1:15 am

Donna my plant looked exactly like yours when I got it last year but to my surprise the flowers are all pastel pink this year! Is this a common occurrence for Christmas cactus? I thought maybe it was due to a change in the amount of light or something but it's been in the same spot all year.
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Sat Jan 04, 2020 5:39 am

Beautiful. Your patio must look very pretty. Love your clay pots.
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Sat Jan 04, 2020 2:44 pm

MsCowpea wrote: Sat Jan 04, 2020 5:39 am Beautiful. Your patio must look very pretty. Love your clay pots.
I can make it look pretty nice in spring, summer, an early fall. What I'm not showing you right now are the plants that are very cold tender and have some damage to them from an early dip into the 30s we had in November. For example, the herb in the pot is Mexican mint marigold which is a substitute for French tarragon in my hot and humid climate. It looks ratty but I'm not going to cut it back until the end of winter. I'm going to leave the plant the way it is because it still has some green tips and I could use those in recipes if I need to. Also, I leave out all the leaves that have fallen and I need to sweep up. :lol:
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Sat Jan 04, 2020 2:49 pm

peebee wrote: Sat Jan 04, 2020 1:15 am Donna my plant looked exactly like yours when I got it last year but to my surprise the flowers are all pastel pink this year! Is this a common occurrence for Christmas cactus? I thought maybe it was due to a change in the amount of light or something but it's been in the same spot all year.
Hmmmm...... I've never had one change color on me but you certainly have. I did an internet search and lots of people have reported that their Christmas cactus changed color.
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Sat Jan 04, 2020 7:02 pm

Love your Christmas cactus, Donna.
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Mon Dec 28, 2020 2:23 pm

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I bought this during the 2019 season, and it rebloomed beautifully for 2020.
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Mon Dec 28, 2020 3:20 pm

Very pretty and in a nice pot too!

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Mon Dec 28, 2020 8:59 pm

Nice that it blooms at Christmas! Mine bloom just after Halloween.

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Tue Dec 29, 2020 4:50 pm

peebee wrote: Sat Jan 04, 2020 1:15 am Donna my plant looked exactly like yours when I got it last year but to my surprise the flowers are all pastel pink this year! Is this a common occurrence for Christmas cactus? I thought maybe it was due to a change in the amount of light or something but it's been in the same spot all year.
I once had one change color too. I think it is the amount of light that the plants get. It did go back to it's original color the following year.

I love Christmas Cactus but most of mine are either Thanksgiving or Easter cactus.
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Tue Dec 29, 2020 6:53 pm

My wife's Christmas Cactus bloomed around Thanksgiving and now it has at least a couple of new buds that formed. A 2021 harbinger?...
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Tue Nov 23, 2021 9:29 am

It's about that time! My two potted plants that I have under an open shed just put on buds.
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Tue Nov 23, 2021 9:54 am

This is the last remaining plant that originated from a cutting taken from a 25 yr. old plant. I shaped chicken wire in the shape of a Christmas tree and filled it mainly with sphagnum and peat. It took several years to fill in. I kept it as long as possible before it started going downhill. It was quite impressive in bloom. Wish I had pictures.
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Tue Nov 23, 2021 12:31 pm

Where do you place your Christmas cacti for best light? I recently bought a Thanksgiving cactus and put it in a south-facing window. I had read not to move them around (as I did with a previous plant in the past). Sadly, I have noticed small buds are dropping off :(.

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