Can you plant the Christmas, Thanksgiving and Easter Cactus' together?
Kristie Coffey
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Wanted Easter Cactus Have christmas cactus and orchids
Comments (2)You have an amazing collection. I would love to have any one, but in particular any of the following: malindi twilight tangerine white christmas limelight limelight dancer malissa I have the following as houseplants for trade if you would like any: Foliage plants: Chlorophytum comosum (Variegated spider plant) Epipremnum aureum 'Marble Queen' (Marble queen pothos) Gynura sarmentosa (Purple Passion vine) Monstera adansonii (Swiss cheese) Red Coleus Flowering plants: Jasminum polyanthum (Chinese jasmine) Geranium- red,light pink,deep pink Cactus & Succulents: Rhipsalis cribrata (Pencil cactus) Aloe vera (Aloe vera) Crassula ovata (Jade plant-common) Sedum spurium...See MoreHAVE: Amaryllis, Christmas Cactus, Easter Cactus for po
Comments (13)HI, I know this is a old listing but I was wondering if you would have any Christmas, easter, or thanksgiving cactus left? I would be more then happy to even receive a few pieces only of the plants and would love to pay you something including the shipping for any. Thank you, and please message me at meadowridge@ granitewave.com...See MoreThanksgiving or Christmas cactus? Groundhog day cactus?
Comments (56)Purple, I've enjoyed reading this thread and wanted to add my $.02 worth. The first thing I noticed is that the stems appear to be flacid.....wilty. That could be caused by over OR under watering.....whichever might cause the roots from being able to access water. In this case, I wonder if the water you're applying is evacuating before soaking the whole soil volume. One thing about these plants (all plants) is that though they need to dry out somewhat between drenchings, the potting soil must be completely saturated on watering day. This is true for all plants, even those cacti that are native to extremely arid regions. Have you ever seen "Medicine Man ", a movie starring that gorgeous specimen of manhood Sean Connery? It takes place in the rainforest of Brazil. There are scenes of my lovely Sean ziplining through the forest canopy, sharing the scenes with huge epiphytic cacti and other plants. Really neat movie. Plus, it stars Sean Connery. I get that it's difficult to understand how those prickly, barrel shaped desert cacti have ANYTHING to do those graceful rainforest plants. Here's what I "think " is a good analogy, but don't laugh at me toooooo hard if it really stinks. Take your dog into consideration for a moment. It's a mammal. So are you and the pesky squirrels in your yard. Big differences amongst those three mammals yet they share essential similarities. Still with me? Now, think of those incredible bottlenose dolphins familiar to anyone living in coastal areas. Superficially, they seem to have so little in common with your dog, but those porpoises are just another type of mammal. They live in a different environment, for sure, but the similarities are much more important than the differences. You just need to try to provide the kind of environment your dolphin needs. :-) Dorie...See MoreChristmas cactus blooms (Thanksgiving cactus really)
Comments (9)Hiya Cyirra and all, Congrats on the blooms! They're really, really lovely! I don't have any of the yellow/gold types so it's really fun to see yours. What conditions are you growing yours in? I still have the one in these older pics ('Dark Marie')--it's in my den right now and is budding up nicely (and making a couple of early blooms each week too). Here's a pic of one of the early blooms from this week, it will make its larger flush in a month or three. I've gone a bit overboard with Christmas cacti over the last couple of years, but they're so durable, and they love it here (indoors) and they bloom regularly for me (although often not until mid to late winter) so why not, right?? Here's a pic of a small rescue plant I got two years ago as an utterly wilted MESS with only five segments. Some bright light and occasional water have helped it revive. Happy gardening indoors and out everyone, and tomato, please post pics of yours when they bloom! Grant...See MoreJohn (Zone 5b/6a, IN)
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last yearlast modified: last yearI plan on doing the same with my easter cactus. However I worry about putting all my eggs in one basket. These are difficult to locate in my area.
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last yearlast modified: last yearrina_Ontario,Canada 5a
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don't try to co-ordinae blooming! Why do you think blooming times would create an issue??? They bloom when supposed to. Sometimes you get blooms at wrong time, & sometimes more than 1x/yr...they are all epithypes requiering more or less same growing conditions.
I don't think you need to thin it out (unless you want to grow bonsai!)...many ppl have really old & huge plants.
Kristie Coffey
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