Christmas Cactus!!!

[wgama]

One of my two christmas cacti. I have had it for two years now. It blooms for christmas and again for easter.


The flower is 2.5 inches wide and an inch long. Sorry its tipped.

[RosieC]

That's a really great picture. I've just got two of these this year and they have such bright flowers I just love them.

[stefpix]

is a flower of such size unusual? beautiful flower!
i would liek to see a photo of the whole plant as it is hard to tell the size from a close up.
how long have you had it for? does it get a cooling period before blooming?
i just got one did not have many blooms but was small.

I have many rooted cuttings of epihyllums and easter cactus.

[Lagoon]

Oooo thats so pretty.

[etex]

Beautiful bloom!!

[Country Gramma]

Do you give it a cool down period and short light???

Karen

[wgama]

Countrygramma and stefpix I live in northern alberta (Canada) so i don;t have to worry about giving it cooler temps and shorter days when fall comes around, it just happens all by itself. I grow it in a north window so it getts the cold coming thorugh the winter. Yes it does have unuasually large flowers they are the biggest ive ever seen on a christmas cactus, thats why I bought it! lol! It is 17cm tall and the span from the tips of the two outside branches is 20cm, so its not an overly large plant.

[Country Gramma]

That's great. Thanks, maybe if I put mine in my north window that will work, too.

Karen