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Cut back on watering after your holiday cactus stops flowering, which is generally late winter for Thanksgiving and Christmas cactus plants and early spring for Easter cactus. Allow the top 3-4 ...
During the blooming period of most flowers, including Christmas cactus, you should water more frequently to encourage growth. The cactus will use more water in flower production, so monitor the ...
Christmas cactus do fine in most homes with average indoor temperatures and humidity levels, if you keep them watered correctly. In fact, you only need to water when the top inch or two of soil ...
Pot your Christmas cactus in well-drained, slightly acidic soil. Apply fertilizer during the spring and summer months. Prune the plant immediately following its growing season to prep for the next ...
We estimate it to be nearly 100 years old. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.66.79.79 12:08, 1 July 2009 (UTC) The very old plants called "Christmas cactus" are almost certainly specimens of the plant now called Schlumbergera × buckleyi or Schlumbergera Buckleyi Group, if not the actual cultivar S. 'Buckleyi'.
Night-blooming cereus is the common name referring to many flowering ceroid cacti that bloom at night. The flowers are short lived, and some of these species, such as Selenicereus grandiflorus , bloom only once a year, for a single night, [ 1 ] though most put out multiple flowers over several weeks, each of which opens for only a single night.
However, if tended to properly, the Christmas cactus can live well after the joyous season and bloom year over year. In fact, it can live up to 20 years. And, if you have any furry friends at home ...
Christmas cactus is a popular houseplant to keep during the holiday season. But what some people don't know is that this plant can last for decades when properly cared for.