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The earliest English common name was "Christmas cactus". In Europe, where plants are largely produced for sale in the period before Christmas, this remains the most widely used common name in many languages for cultivars of all groups (e.g. Weihnachtskaktus in German, [27] cactus de Noël in French, [28] and cacto de Navidad in Spanish [29]).
It is endemic to a small area of the coastal mountains of south-eastern Brazil where its natural habitat is moist forest. It grows on trees as an epiphyte. It is one of the parents of many of the popular houseplants known as Christmas cactus or Thanksgiving cactus. [1]
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 ]
Schlumbergera opuntioides occurs only in the coastal mountains of south-east Brazil, in the states of São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, and Minas Gerais, in the southernmost part of the tropics. Sites where it has been found include Mount Itatiaia in the Itatiaia National Park , the Serra da Mantiqueira in São Paulo, and the Serra do Ibitipoca in ...
It is endemic to a limited area of the coastal mountains of south-eastern Brazil where its natural habitat is rocky areas above 2,600 m (8,500 ft). It is threatened by habitat loss. [3] It is in the same genus as the popular house plant known as Christmas cactus or Thanksgiving cactus.
S. kautskyi occurs only in a small area, estimated in 2002 to be less than 500 km 2 (190 sq mi), [1] of the coastal mountains of south-east Brazil, in the state of Espírito Santo, located in the southernmost part of the tropics. Sites where it has been found include Pico da Pedra Azul. Plants grow at altitudes of 900–1,300 metres (3,000 ...
Christmas Cactus, thus called because of when it flowers, is native to Brazil but is a popular ornamental plant in North America. Varieties include Schlumbergera opuntioides , Schlumbergera kautskyi , and Schlumbergera microsphaerica .
Christmas flowers are the popular flowers used during the festive season of Christmas. [1] In many nations, seasonal flowers and plants such as Poinsettia , Christmas cactus , holly , Christmas rose , ivy and mistletoe form a major part of traditional Christmas decoration .