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Getty Images/bmanzurova. Poinsettias aren't the only plant bringing vibrant blooms to your holiday decor. The Christmas cactus is another beloved houseplant that puts on a colorful show from ...
Schlumbergera is a small genus of cacti with six to nine species found in the coastal mountains of south-eastern Brazil.These plants grow on trees or rocks in habitats that are generally shady with high humidity, and can be quite different in appearance from their desert-dwelling cousins.
Schlumbergera truncata, the false Christmas cactus, [1] is a species of plant in the family Cactaceae.Because it produces a flower, it also belongs to the taxonomic group Magnoliophyta and is thus considered an angiosperm. [2]
How to Care for Holiday Cacti. Like low-maintenance flowering succulents, both Thanksgiving and Christmas cacti are relatively simple to care for. Still, whether you have a Christmas cactus or a ...
As with many other species of the genus (see Schlumbergera: Taxonomy), other generic names were used afterwards: Zygocactus (Löfgren in 1918), Epiphyllanthus (Moran in 1953) and finally Schlumbergera (David Hunt in 1969). [4] Thus the synonyms of S. opuntioides (Loefgr. & Dusén) D.R.Hunt include: [4] Epiphyllum obovatum Engelm. ex K.Schum ...
Schlumbergera orssichiana resembles other species of the genus Schlumbergera in that it has leafless green stems which act as photosynthetic organs. The stems () are composed of strongly flattened segments, which have "teeth" of varying shapes along their edges, where there are generally two to three, and at the ends.
The coat of arms of Mexico shows an eagle perched on a cactus while holding a snake, an image at the center of the myth of the founding of Tenochtitlan. [63] The Aztecs symbolically linked the ripe red fruits of an opuntia to human hearts; just as the fruit quenches thirst, so offering human hearts to the sun god ensured the sun would keep ...