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Xmas cactus blooming
Can you believe it is the end of May and our Christmas cactus is blooming
with more buds coming on it each day? Can anyone tell us why this is happening... we don't mind but are very curious about it. Den |
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Xmas cactus blooming
I have no idea why, but my Christmas Cactus also has a few blooms on it, in
addition to having produced many more new leaves(?) than usual -- including a "4-bagger" where 4 leaves are sprouting from the same joint! I repotted it a year or two ago, and I've been more diligent about remembering to fertilize the houseplants, so maybe that's it. Anne Lurie NE Raleigh "Dennis Brown" wrote in message ... Can you believe it is the end of May and our Christmas cactus is blooming with more buds coming on it each day? Can anyone tell us why this is happening... we don't mind but are very curious about it. Den |
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Xmas cactus blooming
"Dennis Brown" wrote in message m...
Can you believe it is the end of May and our Christmas cactus is blooming with more buds coming on it each day? Can anyone tell us why this is happening... we don't mind but are very curious about it. Den I've always heard that the way to get Christmas cacti to bloom is to not water them. I don't imagine the cacti know what time of year it is but simply respond to the lack of water by trying to produce seed. FWIW, my experience is that a lack of water does indeed force bloom in Christmas cacti. For another example of "don't you know what day this is?" behavior in plants, I traveled from NC to northwest Florida back in April. Passing through small towns in southern Alabama (eg. Opp) and northern Florida (eg. Florala), I was amazed at displays of hundreds of amaryllis blooms. Most were in garden beds but, in some cases, they were even used as foundation plantings with spectacular results. They certainly didn't look to be hybrids and were as red as a harlot's dress. Quite impressive plants when "au naturale". |
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Xmas cactus blooming
Dennis Brown wrote:
Can you believe it is the end of May and our Christmas cactus is blooming with more buds coming on it each day? Can anyone tell us why this is happening... we don't mind but are very curious about it. Same thing happened with my Thanksgiving cactus. 2 complete blooms--1 its regular time, 1 in April into May. I'm unsure why, but I did cross the plants (different colors), harvested the seeds, and grew them. I was hoping that maybe something in the genetics was causing a 2 bloom cycle, but now I guess maybe not since a couple of others are having similar experiences. cl |
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