well when it bloomed around thanksgiving it was true to its species because this is actually a thanksgiving cactus..but hey enjoy the blooms anyways:) It looks good and healthy.

Thanks. I always wanted my christmas cactus to bloom in the summer, but I didnt know it was possible in my warm location. It looks like it has a mind of its own, but like you said Ill definately be enjoying the blooms. I will also be uploding pics probably in about 3 weeks of its first blooms.

Not a Christmas Cactus, but a nice plant no less!

Please do share blooms when they open.

Josh

Its not a christmas cactus? It does have almost identical blooms. Its blooms are pink, and when I bought the plant 3 years ago it was blooming around christmas. If its not a christmas cactus can someone ID it for me? Ill try to find a pic of it blooming last fall if that helps.

Thanks!

Prayerrock IDed it for you, just a post or two above:

Thanksgiving Cactus

You can tell by the "points" on the leaf-margins.
Christmas Cactus has smooth leaves.

Josh

Here ya go!
This ought to show the difference in leaf-margin:

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Thanks Josh..that is exactly right! The christmas cactus does not have points, nor does the easter cactus..It is a thanksgiving cactus.

Mary

Josh showed you the christmas cactus..and this is my thanksgiving cactus...showing the contrast.

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Mary

I honestly didnt know their was a difference between the two other than bloom times until now. It turns out they have very different leaves. Thanks for the help. This the the first time I ever saw a thanksgiving cactus or anything in that family bloom in the summer. The weather's not suppost to warm up past the high 70s next week, so that should encourage even more buds. I cant wait until it blooms and will definately update its progress right up until its in full bloom.

It's been a really cool spring weather wise, I'm getting a bud or 2 on my thanksgiving cactus as well.

It looks like a very cool summer is comming too. Every day is forecast to be 6-10 degrees below the average which is 82ish and the sun refuses to break through the clouds on most days lately. At least the cold weather has its upsides.

Here it is now 2 weeks later. It looks like the first blooms will be comming this week. Also have not gotten much in the way of heat over here so the buds seem to be holding up really well

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Close up
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Will be posting more in the next few days.

Christmas, Easter, Thanksgiving...are we missing any holidays?

The first bud is now starting to open and should be fully open by friday. Ill try to get some pics of the plant on the fourth of july.

My T-Giving cactus probably blooms 3 times a year....whenever it feels like it it seems!

Mine seems to know when people are going to see it most because it always blooms in time for some type of holiday. Over the past 3 years it has bloomed for thanksgiving, christmas, a little short of easter, and now fourth of july.
I think its in competition with the cannas because they look like they will both be starting to bloom at the same time.

here in australia they always blume in june. over here we call them crab claws. could it have swichted hemisheres somehow? dont no if this helps.

regards matt

Your cactus looks so healthy and I can't wait to see the flower in full bloom. I also found photo shows the blooming Christmas cactus.

Here is a link that might be useful: christmas cactus

Gardenlover,
the plant in that link is not a Christmas Cactus either.
You can tell by the "points" on the leaf-margins. Christmas Cactus is smooth.

Josh

Hi is mine a Christmas Cactus then....it flowered for first time properly with 12 flowers this Christmas gone. But it has flowered again now in june,I have one flower at moment but think there is a few more buds to come? Im in the uk and mine is inside the house not outside is that ok? I don't know anything about them really I inherited it was it was very little and as you can see it looks good indoors. Thanks for any advice as to why its started flowering in june.

Thank you.Do you know why it has flowered in june? And are they meant to stay indoors or can they be outside....uk climate?

It may have flowered if it was in a darker spot with cooler temperatures. Or went through a prolonged dry spell. As for outdoors in the U.K. I'll let someone from there answer that one!

I've had this thanksgiving cactus for at least 5 years. It's never bloomed. Always green and healthy but no blooms. And this year in March/April it's blooming!!

Congrats! Nice!

I, too, have a bud on my Christmas cactus this June. Just one. I was so surprised!

Joining the club for blooms in June! I have rarely had my cactus bloom---only bloomed once in the 3 years that I've had it. Imagine my surprise to see not one, not two, but THREE blooms waiting to reveal their beauty!

Many plants bloom Thanksgiving to Christmas. Many of those bloom again through the year. Many of the ones that did not bloom at Christmas may bloom during the year. Some will not bloom at all. I believe it has to do with plant health.

I have had my ”Mother” Christmas Cactus for 40 years. Her babies are now all over the USA with happy friends and relatives. i have 4 of her babies in my home and all these uears they all bloom at Christmas and Easter. Now in July one is covered with buds. Same window same light and moisture. What is up? .

Emi, these plants really are opportunistic bloomers, and will bloom when conditions are favorable. My own Christmas cacti tend to have just one long bloom window from late December through early March, but I've read reports of these plants blooming three times a year.

There is also the less likely chance that it is a stress-bloom, when the plant "senses" that it is about to die, and thus throws blooms out in a last ditch effort to produce seed and reproduce itself. But if you've been growing these plants for many years, you would recognize such a thing.

Josh

Thanks for answering Josh. i tried to upload photos and lost my post. trying again. The thin plant on top is the Mother, 30 years old, the other one blooming is healthy and 7 years old. I pinch both back in July, and have no room for larger pots. Any ideas as to what to feed their soil? Thanks!

Mine usually buds around Oct. 2nd--my birthday. My grandmother had one that bloomed around Easter every year. I guess I would just enjoy the untimely blooms. It will probably will bloom again around Thanksgiving.

The photos help to identify your plants as Thanksgiving Cactus, Schlumbergera truncata, and that helps to explain the "out of season" bloom as I find these will bloom more freely than Christmas Cactus, which has a more singular and often more narrow bloom-window.

My Thanksigving Cactus opened its flowers November 24th like clockwork, and then a full round of blooming four months later on March 22nd.

Josh

Thanks Josh so Much! It has always begun to bloom around Thanksgiving and reaches peak all through the X-Mas season, maybe a copule left on X-Mas day… and a second bloom opening around Easter. But never as late as June…. Very nice to my Beautiful X-Mas Cactus with its rightful name!!

Thanks Well Feathered! Maybe your is a Schlumbergera truncata as well!