The progression of my Christmas cactus
By Marsha
@MarshaMusselman (38652)
Midland, Michigan
December 6, 2018 11:33am CST
@leny34 wanted to see my cactus when the blooms got larger since she's never seen one before. I've been taking pictures of it as each bloom grew a little more. I'm still not watering it much and it looks like what you see here may be all the blooms I get this season. Although maybe the rest will get moving if I remember to water it again later.
As you can see Putri, this looks nothing like the fruit of a dragon fruit.
I don't like doing back-to-back posts but I've needed to share this for awhile and a notification I got from her will fall off my page soon and then I'd have no idea who wanted to know.
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@MarshaMusselman (38652)
• Midland, Michigan
6 Dec 18
So is it passed from parents to kids? Who had that now and if not you do you have one of your own. I know we've talked about this previously but I don't remember whether you ever shared an image of you have one
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@MALUSE (69413)
• Germany
6 Dec 18
@MarshaMusselman I can't send a photo. It lives in a different part of the country - about 300 miles away from me - with my cousin's daughter. The last time I saw it it was still going strong. I haven't got one because the flat where I live now hasn't got broad window sills. Yet the other people living with us in the same house have got a small one on one of the window sills in the staircase.
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@MarshaMusselman (38652)
• Midland, Michigan
6 Dec 18
@MALUSE it's too cold here too have them right on the windowsills that's why I use tables in the room. This one is on a plant stand.
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@shaggin (71664)
• United States
7 Dec 18
@MarshaMusselman I've had this one for about 13 years. I have given making people plants from it 
I killed the succulents I had really fast but I have kept this cactus going very well. See I don't kill everything @daddyevil
I killed the succulents I had really fast but I have kept this cactus going very well. See I don't kill everything @daddyevil2 people like this
@DaddyEvil (137145)
• United States
11 Dec 18
@shaggin 
Yes, I can see that! Now you have me wondering how your kids have survived this long, Shaggin. 
Yes, I can see that! Now you have me wondering how your kids have survived this long, Shaggin. 2 people like this
@MarshaMusselman (38652)
• Midland, Michigan
7 Dec 18
I've watered mine about three times in the past six months. I forget until it begins blooming and then try to water it at least that much.
The color of your is pretty, thanks for sharing the picture.
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@marguicha (215368)
• Chile
7 Dec 18
I love them. My SIL has many of such plants. I have one that doesn´t want to thrive
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@marguicha (215368)
• Chile
8 Dec 18
@MarshaMusselman My sister in law has several and they are all beautiful. Mine is struggling to live.
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@MarshaMusselman (38652)
• Midland, Michigan
8 Dec 18
@marguicha I tends to underwater mine. Maybe you're giving yours too much water? How often do you water yours?
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@MarshaMusselman (38652)
• Midland, Michigan
8 Dec 18
So you have one too along with your sil? I went to get water today for mine but must have forgotten because I never did water it. Poor thing.
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@allknowing (130066)
• India
7 Dec 18
Cactus are a strange species. Packed with thorns producing exotic flowers.
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@allknowing (130066)
• India
7 Dec 18
@MarshaMusselman Seems an exception to a rule
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@MarshaMusselman (38652)
• Midland, Michigan
7 Dec 18
@allknowing I don't think so. The picky ones might be more common in certain parts of the country or world but they aren't the only types.
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@MarshaMusselman (38652)
• Midland, Michigan
7 Dec 18
This type of cactus, the Christmas cactus has no thorns like most other cacti.
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@tech40 (23128)
• Philippines
7 Dec 18
@MarshaMusselman I see, thanks! The cactus that I know is only the green one with sharp hairs
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@MarshaMusselman (38652)
• Midland, Michigan
7 Dec 18
@tech40 there's a multitude of types.
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@MarshaMusselman (38652)
• Midland, Michigan
8 Dec 18
@tech40 I don't think it produced a smell at all. It neither smells good nor does it stink. Did you see the picture shaggin posted of her Christmas cactus?
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@VivaLaDani13 (60314)
• Perth, Australia
6 Dec 18
@MarshaMusselman I THINK I may have seen something like this before or at least something similar. Not sure but still pretty! I like them! Beautiful. 
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@DaddyEvil (137145)
• United States
26 Dec 18
Do you grow any houseplants, popciclecold? (By chance, is there a short version of your call name I may call you when talking with you here on myLot? If you'd rather not give me a shorter name, that is fine. I do tend to talk more to people when I can remember their call name, though.)
If you do grow houseplants, do you know what types of plants they are?
@JESSY3236 (18923)
• United States
7 Dec 18
pretty. I have one my uncle gave me. It's huge and it has blooms on it right now.
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@Lignitecityabishek96 (7110)
• Cuddalore, India
13 Dec 18
I don't have any idea about Christmas cacti. What special about that?
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@MarshaMusselman (38652)
• Midland, Michigan
18 Dec 18
We just enjoy them. Being in Michigan with cold winters it's nice to have houseplants that bloom. And they are pretty. They aren't only enjoyed by those of us in colder winter climates, people elsewhere enjoy them too.
@MarshaMusselman (38652)
• Midland, Michigan
6 Dec 18
Thanks. It would look even better if more of it were flowering, but this is typical for me since I barely remember to water it at all.
Have you ever had one, Carol?
