Please, I Don't Want to Die!
By Morley Hunt
@Morleyhunt (21741)
Canada
March 1, 2016 7:23pm CST
After months (3) of neglect. Few visits, no one talking to me, no one providing me with nourishment, I don't want to die.
The handwriting is on the wall. I don't fit into anyone's plans! All of my pals at the next table have already been sent out to compost.
This must be the response of the Christmas Cactus.
Last week, when I started moving most of my mother's plants into the compost, I couldn't help noticing the blossoms on the Cactus.
In a last ditch attempt to stave off annihilation, it is full of blooms.
I have relented. The plant has been given a stay of execution.
At least until it is finished blooming.
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19 responses
@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
2 Mar 16
I think they are a tropical type plant, they wouldn't do well outside during the cold winter months, I don't think.
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@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
2 Mar 16
How many plants can I keep. I already have my father to nurture and water, umm feed. Now you want me to add another chore to my list. Nope, the plant must go.
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@JudyEv (382483)
• Rockingham, Australia
2 Mar 16
@Morleyhunt I guess I understand but it does seem a great shame. Poor plant. 
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@sherryericha (1806)
• Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2 Mar 16
Very funny post. Reminds me why all my plants are fakes 
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
2 Mar 16
@Platespinner No, but they do get quite dusty at times.
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@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
2 Mar 16
But what if I don't want to care for this plant? If it was smart it would just hurry up and die.
@LadyDuck (502798)
• Italy
3 Mar 16
@Morleyhunt Poor little plant, I hope you can find a place where to keep it alive.
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@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
3 Mar 16
It would survive the spring, summer and early fall outside. Then the first hard frost would annihilate the plant.
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@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
3 Mar 16
@LadyDuck I could set it outside right now. It would have frozen before lunch.
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@shshiju (10342)
• Cochin, India
3 Mar 16
@Morleyhunt But you should care it some where.
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@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
3 Mar 16
@shshiju I have already added more than a dozen plants to my house. There are simply too many. It goes.
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@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
3 Mar 16
It does look pretty, but I don't have room for any mor plants. When the house gets emptied, the plant goes.
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@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
2 Mar 16
My mother had hundreds if not thousands of plants. I have looked after finding homes for many. Now I am putting all the leftovers into the compost. Why did the cactus pick this moment to bloom.
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@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
2 Mar 16
@T_gray my mother and my mother in law both seemed to have green thumbs when it came to house plants......not me.
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@T_gray (7772)
• Salina, Kansas
2 Mar 16
@Morleyhunt my grandma and mom were like that too. I don't know much about Cactus plants. Heck, I didn't even know they had flowers. hehe
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@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
2 Mar 16
Last possible date for survival at this moment in time is May 31.
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@Letranknight2015 (52665)
• Philippines
2 Mar 16
they are very strong plant, i have one in the comfort room and it still alive even if i don't put water on it.
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@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
2 Mar 16
This plant actually thrives on neglect. I had one that I ignored for four months (I put it outside under a tree) and then brought into the house to be watered on a regular basis. After it was returned to the house it bloomed to thank me.
@iamshane487 (1138)
• Manila, Philippines
2 Mar 16
Hope it will flourish again. Just water it everyday.
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@Inlemay (17712)
• South Africa
2 Mar 16
@Morleyhunt as the English would say "its Blooming confused"
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@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
2 Mar 16
Usually it blooms around Christmas (hence the name, Christmas Cactus). Sometimes we get a second bloom around Easter. This one is obviously confused....it's blooming right in the middle.
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
2 Mar 16
Aww, at least yours is providing some visual pleasure, mine hasn't' bloomed since last spring. Probably it's on strike, though, for similar reasons. I do better watering my mom's plants which she probably doesn't even know she has than my own, even though mine has a lot of light now. I think I might be getting a little better in that it may be getting a bit of water every few weeks rather than the norm of monthly. No wonder it's on strike.
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@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
2 Mar 16
@Platespinner and I are sitting here laughing at your apt response. You obviously 'get' our post about the nerve of that plant to flower now, just as I was about to eliminate it.
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
2 Mar 16
@Morleyhunt Are you hanging out in the same room at present, or a bit ago? Sounds like fun. I got excited some months ago when I thought mine had a few new buds, but alas, once I started watering it again, it quit producing them as if it's nose was in the air for my neglect.
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@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
2 Mar 16
@MarshaMusselman yes we are sitting in the same room, relaxing after spending the day dealing with mom and dads house.
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@JamesHxstatic (29410)
• Eugene, Oregon
2 Mar 16
It is a very pretty bloom for the moment.
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@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
2 Mar 16
It does have some pretty blooms at the moment. That is the only reason it has been given a respite until the house officially changes hands....unless the new owner wants it.
@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
2 Mar 16
I won't miss the amount of time it took to water the plants.
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@SIMPLYD (90717)
• Philippines
8 Mar 16
There are plants indeed that wilt when the flowers also have wilted . But some would bloom one after another . And those are the plants we would like to have in gardens .
@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
2 Mar 16
I'm not sure I want to give it a chance. I've already made an attempted rescue of its brothers and sisters and cousins and aunts and uncles and .........
How many can I possibly rescue?
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@Tampa_girl7 (54730)
• United States
3 Mar 16
Plants and I don't get along. I certainly didn't get my daddy's green thumb.
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@Marilynda1225 (91155)
• United States
2 Mar 16
That poor cactus is hoping for a new home
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@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
2 Mar 16
We have rehomed as many as possible. I think anyone who ever knew my mother now owns at least one African violet. I can't keep all of them. It was time to put the rest of them out of their misery. This sporadic watering and the ultra low temperatures had already caused a number of them to expire voluntarily.
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