Mother Nature alert???
By GreatMartin
@GreatMartin (23670)
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
September 30, 2020 3:30pm CST
I was sort of getting nervous because after years of having blooms EVERY month my 'Christmas' cactus didn't have any buds or blooms the whole month of August and most of September until the day of Yom Kippur when I looked at the plants and both were bursting with buds.
Was Mother Nature telling me something? Was she rewarding me for being 'good' all year? Or that my cactus really is a 'Jewish New Year' cactus?
(For those who don't know Yom Kipper is the holiest of the Jewish holidays also known as The Day of Atonement when we atone and repent for all our sins of the previous year. It starts with Rosh Hashannah, the start of the Jewish New Year, 10 days before Yom Kipper. The day involves a 24-hour fast starting at sundown the evening before and ending at sundown that day.)
Looks like I will now have blooms through Halloween, Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Christmas and the Gregorian New Year!
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@much2say (57760)
• Los Angeles, California
30 Sep 20
Shanah tovah! I found out that my Christmas cactus was actually a Thanksgiving cactus . . . I pruned it at the beginning of the pandemic and now there are at least 20 of them growing in little pots - but probably far from becoming bloomers still (unless I get surprised). You are covered for all the coming up holidays 
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@much2say (57760)
• Los Angeles, California
1 Oct 20
@GreatMartin I'm trying to figure that out with peppers too!
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@GreatMartin (23670)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
1 Oct 20
@much2say I agree--all 7 plants I have started with a green bell pepper seed--now I have all sizes and colors and kinds!!
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@GreatMartin (23670)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
1 Oct 20
I am still trying to figure out why some blooms are white and some pink!!
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@florelway (23339)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
30 Sep 20
I am not familiar with this kind of plant. I hope you can share a bigger and close up image.
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@florelway (23339)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
1 Oct 20
@GreatMartin very nice, I have yet to see this kind, so they belong to cactus family.
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@GreatMartin (23670)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
1 Oct 20
It's really a beauty! If you go to the bottom of this post I did post a picture of it in full bloom!
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@GreatMartin (23670)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
1 Oct 20
It has been blooming all year round!!
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@GreatMartin (23670)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
1 Oct 20
Mine has pink and white flowers!
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@GreatMartin (23670)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
4 Oct 20
@thelme55 Just Mother Nature at work!
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@popciclecold (40215)
• United States
30 Sep 20
Glad your plant started blooming.
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@GreatMartin (23670)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
1 Oct 20
I have had it for years--the smaller one is a twig from the larger one!!
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@kaylachan (84701)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
30 Sep 20
That's good. I would hope some good comes of your plants.
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