"Andy Clews" wrote in message
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I have a fairly mature Christmas Cactus in my office and it had lots of
flower buds appearing on the ends of each 'frond' (for want of a better
word). However, all the flower buds stopped growing and dried up when
they
were no more than about 5mm long. The plant appears to be healthy and is
watered reasonably regularly, although sparingly at this time of the year.

Anyone know of any reasons for the plant to change its mind about
flowering? Another plant in the office (from which the 'failing' plant was
taken as a cutting a couple of years back) flowered fairly prolifically in
late November and has much the same care regime.


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Andy Clews University of Sussex Computing Service
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Did you move the plant ? You should leave it facing the same direction
before and during the budding and flowering period.
If you must lift it up to clean underneath the pot, replace it as soon as
possible and point it in exactly the same alignment as it was previously. If
you rotate the plant, the buds try to rotate towards the light and then drop
off.

Water and provide fertiliser if necessary during the flowering period. After
flowering, water sparingly. If the plant is getting old and leggy, I suggest
you take cuttings. Detach a 2 or 3 -leaf segment from the plant and put the
lower end in soil. Mine root very easily and develop into new flowering
plants within 1 to 2 years, although some are out of synchronisation with
the season and only flower in spring.

Bevan