They still have a lot to learn!
By GreatMartin
@GreatMartin (23675)
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
May 20, 2019 8:06pm CST
Over a decade ago I bought a small plant and was told it was a Christmas/Passover cactus and for 2 years in a row it did blossom around Christmas/Passover and then, in the third year, it was my Leap Year birthday and I saw a couple of buds in mid-February and, yes, they bloomed on the 29th!
A couple of years went by and the plant grew huge so I decided to cut off a few branches and re-pot them and within a year I had 6 'Christmas/Passover Cacti' and as each year passed they bloomed on another holiday until now and this week they really blew my mind! With 12 days to go until Memorial Day both the parent plant and one of the 'pups' started to show buds getting ready to bloom.
They now have only one holiday they haven't bloomed on and that is July 4th!!
After they bloom I am going to have to explain to them that they are Christmas/Passover plants and shouldn't be blooming whenever they want or they will get a bad reputation--let alone drive me crazy(ier)!
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6 responses
@RasmaSandra (73890)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
21 May 19
I had a Christmas cactus in Latvia that my late husband gave me and it was his way of saying hi to me. After he passed in August the cactus burst into bloom in September and it made me smile knowing why. While he was alive that plant bloomed also for Easter.
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@xander6464 (40917)
• Wapello, Iowa
21 May 19
Maybe you should get them a calendar.
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@GreatMartin (23675)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
21 May 19
They are surrounded by calendars!!
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@xander6464 (40917)
• Wapello, Iowa
21 May 19
@GreatMartin Then maybe you need one of theirs, since they seem to be on a different timeline.
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@GreatMartin (23675)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
21 May 19
Shhhh---don't tell them but so am I!
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@simone10 (54189)
• Louisville, Kentucky
27 May 19
@GreatMartin I've not seen any here but then again, I haven't really looked.
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@GreatMartin (23675)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
27 May 19
@simone10 I first had them in Memphis!!
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@GreatMartin (23675)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
22 May 19
Seems like every plant store has one or if you know someone who has one all you need is a snip and put it in a pot!
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@GreatMartin (23675)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
22 May 19
The 'mother' plant has for over a decade now!!
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@cacay1 (83220)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
22 May 19
@GreatMartin , Oh, I see.They look so wonderful.
@GreatMartin (23675)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
21 May 19
And I love each and every one of them!
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