My holiday cactus is determined to grow even though I've not watered it for much too long. And another thing learned recently.

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I've been needing to trim what I thought was my Christmas cactus. I've not watered it on a regular basis for six months or more as I enjoyed it more when it was smaller. This morning after returning from an ultrasound of my innards I noticed some blooms which I've highlighted. There's a few more blooms, but I can't see them in this view. I took a minute to get the trimming done and then gave it a drink. Often I don't give it water until it begins to bloom but it rarely gets blooms on the whole plant probably because it's lacking the water. What I learned last week it's that I might actually have a Thanksgiving cactus and not a Christmas one as I thought. I've had people tell me theirs was an Easter one which I always discounted because I thought all of them were Christmas ones that bloomed whenever they felt like it. I discovered that the shapes of the leaves are somewhat different and some have a small tuft on top. Some leaves are almost completely round or at least rounder than I've seen before. I don't know why I didn't take some pictures are the job we did last week when I learned this as she had tables I'd various varieties and many lead types. I think she said there's a Facebook group for these plants, for the owners/growers of course and someone from California sent her a different type of flower she's waiting to see once it blooms.