Christmas Cactus — November 25, 2019
Mind you, I’m still waiting for my orchids to stop sending out shoots and start putting out buds. But — you can’t hurry a plant. You can’t force buds, at least not here in this house. So we have blooming cactus until we also having blooming orchids!
There are a lot more buds ready to pop and the first flower to open is beginning to droop. Should we get a little bit of sun one of these days, all will go better. Or so I believe.
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Categories: cee's photo challenge, Christmas cactus, Flower of the day, Flowers, Gallery, Marilyn Armstrong, Photography
Great work
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And an amazing cactus 🙂
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You’re doing something right…..
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The less I do, the better they grow.
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I like that too…
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Me, too! The Christmas cactus is in full bloom and beautiful, while the orchids are just sending up shoots and starting to bud. The wait is always worth it! I have relatively good success with orchids, but I haven’t quite mastered growing them. As long as I get one stem that flowers in each pot, I’m happy.
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I’ve got a LOT of shoots, but no buds. Last time, the buds came much earlier. All I can do it wait. They are very healthy … just not putting out flowers.
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Wow!
This looks so wonderful 🙂
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When they bloom fully, they are quite breathtaking. I’ve got some new pictures, but they look exactly like the old pictures. Same plant. Same flowers.
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I’m getting rather fond of Christmas cacti all of a sudden (or rather, over the last months!).
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They certainly are blooming — just like the cactus rose in Shinbone.
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I think they are related to each other. But most cactus flowers, if it has the right light and not too much water.
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One of their nicer features is that they bloom for quite a long time as long as you don’t overwater them. They will keep sending up new buds, sometimes for a few months.
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