Several years ago I read somewhere that leaving the TC's and CC's outside until nighttime lows are well into the 40's would ensure blooms without having to manipulate the lighting. This method has worked well for me. My TC's all have buds on them now and I'm bringing them in the house now as our lows are 37, CC's will go into the greenhouse kept above 40 until they make buds.

Came home from a week away to my purple TC blooming!

I finally have a couple of TC with a bloom open. The orange one was yellow last year.

Then I have aRed one.

Thanks for looking. First time I ever figured how to post pictures

Good show Mike. I think my house is too dry for the blossoms to last very long as well as many buds falling off before they can open.

Oh my heavens, Mike! Ya really know how to make those have intense color, they are practically glowing!!! Hey don't forget you can cross pollinate them to get seed pods! I recall you liked them on mine.

Rockdale, your TC in the teal pot, what a pretty color! I love it! Does it have a variety name?

Absolutely stunning, the plants, the flowers, everything.

Beautiful!! I am so enjoying all these pics as my TC CC are all on strike this year. :)

Thank you! Nancy. It is a peach color but I do not have its name. I also like its more upright growing habit. One plant only in that pot. I can send you cuttings if you like some.

Thanks, Rockdale! That would be great, we can do a trade in the Spring. :)

Looks like the party is just (finally!) starting for me. We just had some cool weather this week, so hopefully that will help get things going.

Beautiful plants, everyone!

Everyone Christmas Cactus are gorgeous.

I just have to share my CC flowers that just opened. The beautiful flowers really brighten up any dull grey day.

This one below has deep pink (almost red) with tinge of gold

A beautiful golden flower

And finally... white flowers

Thank you Lan for posting your TC yellow. Mine had a pinkish bloom bud but fell off before opening. At least mine may be a yellow. Gives me some hope. Mine is tiny and from a unknown source.

Stush, it is disappointing to see the bloom bud fall off. The TC golden yellow flowers do have buds that are more of an apricot peach colour (see pic below)

Nancy, sure thing. Remind me when weather warms up.:)

Crenda: I have had the TC for about 6 years and the color is stable. Have not seen any other color other than peach. It is the same peach every year too. Here it is just pass its peak time

Another hot pink one with white throat

Rockdale - I think the color on your plant is much richer than mine. Ironic that you mentioned it is the same peach every year. I was thinking that some years mine looks like a light peach.

And all of my plants have come from the grocery store, HD or Lowes or wherever I see something nice and different. I guess some are just more different than I thought! LOL

Hi Ian

Where Did You Get That Golden From

Many Thanks

And LOVELY Flowers Everyone!

Beautiful flowers everyone. Love the peach color!

sharon

Just got home from a FL trip to find my pretty red zygo blooming. Just got it last winter at the local grocery store. I hadn’t seen a red so had to have it. It looks like a bunch of cuttings were started in the pot. They were very short then with just a few flowers.

My friend just gave me a some cuttings of hers, just starting to bloom a few flowers and they are yellowish with some pink in the center. Not fully opened yet but wanted to share. My pinks are lagging behind.

Mike

Where did You Get the Vaigated/Yellow Leafed Plants From?

Many Thanks

I'm Also SO Jelus of ALL of These FAB Plants and Flowers You All have got going Here....

This My Big Red.....

Ninecrow, your big red is beautiful.

This year I found a lot of CC at Lidl supermarket.

Just love seeing all your beautiful blooms. I love that golden and must get me a white. The collecttion is growing! Waiting on my pinks, they loom later.

Ninecrow, message me if you can...

MIke

Not the best show this year, but still nice.

Saypoint, I think that's the biggest TC I've seen in a while. What soil do you use? What special tips can you give us? Do you rotate it often? Do you find stem pieces on the floor?

Before mine can get anywhere that big, the stem breaks off.

It’s a CC. The plant is quite old, last potted up maybe 8 years ago or so, regular bagged potting soil. It’s about 5 feet tall from top to bottom. I turn it weekly, and often mistreat it. Water if it looks and feels dry, feed lightly once a month or so. Occasionally a small piece of stem will break off, but not very often. We even moved it in January two years ago to a new house a few blocks away and didn’t lose any major stems.

You got the touch.

Saypoint, I'm with Stush!! Beautiful....@)))

Gorgeous plants, everyone! Looks like I'll have to wait a while longer for flowers!

No sign of buds on my TC, which I've brought from the greenhouse to the house....but the color of the foliage is nice.

Repotted very late this year, my nearly 40 year-old CC....opened its first flower on Christmas day! What a perfectly reliable plant. Never fails. That said, there won't be a very impressive bloom this season.

Getting ready to start to ship out cuttings of my variegated 'Madam Butterfly'. Most have roots started.

Stush, How exciting.. It is an extra bonus that some have some roots started on them already.. They look really good I went back through this post from last Oct to see all the beautiful flowers that were posted. Of all the beautiful flowers I think your Madam Butterfly was one of the prettiest because of the pretty variegated leaves and beautiful contrast of the many pink flowers. You have so many beautiful plants though. Thank you for sharing.

Stush, how nice and generous of you! It's a pity I lost the one you sent this past winter. I had it under light but probably overwatered it. Hope we can do a trade sometime soon if you still have some 'madam butterfly' left.

-rockdale

Felix, Got you on the list. Also do you want one of my S. Asahi pups?

Lan_UK, I'll try to contact you or message me.

Plantlovr, Message me for cuttings.

Stush, thank you very much. And yes, I will always have room for any Sans come from you. We will talk in the email. Again thanks. You are the best.

this also reminds me that I promised Nancy some thanksgiving cactus, we will talk soon, Nancy.

Lan, got a Failure Notice trying to send email. If you click on my picture, it takes you to my information box. Should see a box marked 'Message'. Click it and you can contact me.

I'll try to send every one at lest one rooted section with a few cuttings. I think I will have trouble finding enough boxes to send out. Sending out about 15 so far.

Printed up the list of plant givings. Comes to 16. I might have to limit it to only two sections instead of the normal 3 sections I wanted to send out. Took more cuttings off the main plant. Need 32 sections. That will give my plant a crew cut.

I am starting to box up cuttings and mailing out Monday.

Mike, I need an answer asap so I can mail out a box. Emailed you.

Do you need me to send postage first Stush??

Sharon

Stush, if there are any left Id gladly take care of those!

Sharon, I don't know what postage would be. I got a bunch of small light weight boxes that shouldn't cost much. You could pay when the box arrives. Postage is marked and my return address is on the box.

Bob, i'll see what i have left over. Address the same? How's those cactus seedlings make out I sent back in 2012? The ones I kept for myself are only 12 inches high. i thought they would be bigger. but being in the house all the time must keep them small.

Stush, same address in Akron. One of the cactus bloomed last fall. Very impressive. The tallest one is about a foot tall also.

Currently blooming. It also bloomed in January and also back in October. It flowers, they drop and a month later starts budding again.

Here it is in 2017 as a cutting someone gave me.

Whip, That's something to have them bloom so early and young. Hopefully mine might bloom this year!

Dave, mine blooms often as well but not as well as yours. When it first starts blooming in fall is the nicest then about 1/4 as much off and on thru the winter months. None during the hot summer months.

Stush, that is strange. Very nice

Rob, great work)))

Stush, I got the cuttings! That was fast! Thank you!

Mike, I can’t take credit for that bloom. All I did was put it outs and ignore it.