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| Thanksgiving Cactus .. that waits until Christmas to Bloom!! |
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| Beautiful Fushia Color Blooms |
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| I must confess and tell of my love/hate relationship with this plant.. One Sunday ,several years ago, several of us ladies were talking about blooming cactus.. My reply was, " they really are not pretty plants, only when they are blooming, and you have to wait too long on the beautiful blooms!!!" Well, the next Sunday, 3 different ladies showed up with me some cuttings [leaves waiting for me to root].. OH desperation---- I don't want to mess with these!!!!! But, I feel too bad to throw them away.. So, being the lazy person I am, I tossed them all in a glass to root.. In no time, they were all rooted together.. SO, I just got a little pot and potted them all together.. I wondered what I would come up with??? What color? What month? Well. my Thanksgiving cactus,, doesn't bloom unitl almost Christmas. And only 1/2 of it blooms and it has these beautiful fushia blooms. Then when they are all dead and gone ,usually about first of Feburary the other 1/2 blooms with a light pink bloom.. So, the moral of the story is: I am hooked!!! even though ,it s ugly for most of the year, the beauty of the blooms are so worth waiting for.. |
very pretty plant! Had some that froze a few years back, and I also got 'donations'! Some seasons?? better than others. Thankgiving, coral bloom one did well this year.... The other 3 haven't even budded!! UGH...D.
ReplyDeleteThey definitely have a hard time knowing when the holidays are .lol But, I bet the coral colored one is pretty....when "it" decides to bloom.
Deleteheheh your so funny. It does look really pretty, worth the wait :)
ReplyDeleteThanks.. The truth to this story is-------- I had decided to just let this ole ugly plant die.. I moved it outside and never watered it during the summer.. Then a couple weeks ago,I noticed the bloom buds were all over.Of course, it had to come in to the house to show us its beauty.. So here we go again.lol
DeleteBeautiful - here we always call them a Christmas cactus... Once mine bloomed at Easter. :-)
ReplyDeleteI think they bloom when they want to.lol
DeleteSeriously, I read somewhere, It depends on them being in darkness,when they actually bloom. The article said, you could force bloom them what ever time of year, by placing them in a dark room with no sun light for 6 wks and then bring them into a sunlighted room?? Never tried it..
But it looks like these 2 different plants in my one pot, would have bloomed at the same time,if that were the case.hahahha [I think my plant , just likes to make me wait.ha]
Love the fushia! Of course, me and pink...I'm such a girly-girl! I have one that is bright bright red...
ReplyDeletebut hasn't bloomed in 3 years! I might try the 6 weeks of darkness...but I'll probably forget it! LOL! I totally agree with you...they are ugly without the blossoms. But my mom has one that stands about 3 feet high and blossoms all the time! So, I keep figuring, there's hope for me...you know, same genes and all...LOL!
Have a blessed day, my friend. I'm expecting a miracle...
Love,
Laura
Laura , I like the fushia color too.. Yep.. I think 3yrs is tooooo long to not bloom [that poor ole plant would probably get left outside in all that snow ya'll get,and hate to tell you, but I think you missed the gene.ha] I think I like your mom's ever blooming one the best..
Deletepraying for miracles here too.
Too funny, I have one that blooms around Easter so it is my Easter cactus. It lives out on the deck during the summer then comes inside for the winter. This winter I found a frog living between the bottom of the pot and the saucer...so now I have two odd things to contend with all winter long.
ReplyDeleteHow funny Cathe.. I guess the frog will need to hide out from the winter in the good ole warm house.ha
DeleteAren't these flowers pretty when they bloom. but then..................so ugly.lol
I used to have one of those...you are right they look ugly during the year then they bloom and look beautiful! I must get another one
ReplyDeleteFunny.. I think everyone thinks their ugly.. It is so hard to keep them all year..ha
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