You've got some beautiful specimens. Which zone are you in and do you keep them outside? Are those in the pics named varieties?

Nice flowers!

GH

I'm in zone 9, Southern California. Yes, they stay outside all the time. Supposedly 20 degrees is the lowest temp we have, but I don't think I've ever seen it go that low. A little ice on the roofs and car windows a few times during the winter. I never think of bringing them in, but I could. They get bright shade most of the time, and I really don't pamper them.

Named varieties? Don't know. They must have had names once, but I've had them a long time.

Those are really lovely plants , Socks !
Thanks for sharing !

What you do to them is obviously right , although you don't pamper them , as you say. :-)

VERY nice!

Beautiful plants! I really love them. Thanks for sharing.

Xuan

I agree, they are LOVELY! Mine is blooming, too, but it doesn't look as healthy and clean as yours. Congratulations! Laura

your cactus is beautiful....

I have a thanksgiving cactus indoors in a North Window of my house, I live in Missouri. I have not had my plant long. It was given to me by a friend. What can I do to make my cactus bloom? Thank you.

Shanna, I'm not really that knowledgeable about CC's except my own, and mine are outside all the time, which you may not be able to do. I know overwatering is bad-bad-bad, especially just after they bloom. Mine do better in clay pots, and they only bloom once a year, at Thanksgiving. If yours isn't blooming, maybe it will bloom later, like Christmas or in the spring.

If you go back to the Cacti and Succulents Forum main page, click on the FAQ at the top, and it will take you to some questions, one of which is about how to get CC's to bloom. Also, if you go to the bottom of the page and enter "Christmas Cactus" in the search box, several postings will come up which might also have helpful information about CC's.

Just my opinion...they seem to tolerate a lot of neglect, and a little care really makes a big difference. But I think you can "love 'em to death" also, if you know what I mean! LOL!

Here's one more shot of the Thanksgiving cactus I keep at work. As far as blooms go, this is my favorite.

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Do you prune your CC's? If so, where and when?

No, I never have pruned them but would be interested in knowing about this as one is getting pretty long.

I think these things can be encouraged to grow any time.
Many times in moving the plant or sticking the water can tube in there, a piece of branch falls off which is just put right back in the soil down a section or two, and away it goes.

I suppose planned pruning, or dividing, should be done when you want the sun to have an effect and that wont happen until at least February/March. The plant should not be in bloom though at the time.
Cactus don't need that much fertilizer...but a little 20/20/20 can help.