Christmas Cactii

[Thelma Sanders]

one plant sits on the bathroom window sill above a radiator and is the first to flower. The second sits on the kitchen window sill and chooses to flower about a month later.................. waters them when and if she remembers.

Persackerly wot happens here

[Gearoid]

I've had one for about twenty years. I pop it outside in its pot for the summer then bring it in again in Autumn. It blooms reliably each Winter with minimum fuss.

[BarleySugar]

In the summer my plant sitter overwatered one of my Christmas cacti and rotted off all the roots. I wondered why it looked shrivelled and was surprised to find it sitting in a puddle. I removed the rotted bits up to the first sound leaf joint, and managed to re-root them all and they are flowering now. It was a Homebase rescue mission too. Must be determined!
I have pale pearl pink, deep pink and red varieties, all in flower at the moment on my kitchen windowsill.

[horticultural_hobbit]

The one that bloomed the best so far, is beautiful and pink. It is called Bruce.

[WPG]

Three months after the first bloom, my cactus has started flowering again, and it's neighbour is getting small flower buds too. The leaves look fine, so I don't think they're stressed or anything, but I wasn't expecting a second round of flowers quite so soon (not that I'm complaining!)