My Christmas Cactus

@Shavkat (137215)

Philippines

December 3, 2020 12:56am CST

We didn't install a Christmas tree for this year, but I got two variants of the 'Christmas cactus' plant. It is also called 'crab cactus.' I asked my younger brother to buy them since he was hunting plants within the city yesterday. Are you fond of cactus? Did you install your Christmas tree?

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@Fleura (29129)

• United Kingdom

3 Dec 20

I love Christmas cactus, I have several. Also Easter cactus, and some other orchid cactus as well.

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@LadyDuck (458091)

• Switzerland

3 Dec 20

@Fleura My orchid is growing a new leaf, let's see if I will see new flowers this coming year.

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@LadyDuck (458091)

• Switzerland

3 Dec 20

This is beautiful, I love pink.

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@Fleura (29129)

• United Kingdom

3 Dec 20

@LadyDuck Thank you. This one was a present from a friend so I think of her as well.

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@kaylachan (57647)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

3 Dec 20

Yeah, we actually put our tree out last night. As I type this, it's actually about four or five in the morning.

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@Shavkat (137215)

• Philippines

3 Dec 20

That's too early to wake up. I hope I can see your Christmas tree soon here.

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@Shavkat (137215)

• Philippines

3 Dec 20

@kaylachan You can try to downsize the photos. I think it will work.

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@prinzcy (32322)

• Malaysia

3 Dec 20

So pretty! I have cacti but they're not Christmas cactus. Trying to keep them alive for months now.

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@Shavkat (137215)

• Philippines

4 Dec 20

I am glad that you have some of them. My younger brother started to grow different plants now. Eventually, he's going to sell them soon.

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@nela13 (55698)

• Portugal

3 Dec 20

I will do my Christmas tree this weekend. I prefer succulents instead.

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@Shavkat (137215)

• Philippines

4 Dec 20

I have some succulents here. I am not that delicate when having some plants at home. Regardless, I am asking my younger brother to find me venus fly trap plants, which I think it is too difficult to find. I hope I can your Christmas tree soon.

Krissttina Isobe

@oahuwriter (26780)

• United States

5 Dec 20

Your Christmas cactus is very pretty! Perfect for Christmas. Mine is a crochet INE my now gone, made for us one Christmas years ago. It originally had lights with it. The lights stop working 3 years ago the year my Mom passed...spooky.

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@Shavkat (137215)

• Philippines

5 Dec 20

Thank you for appreciating it. It looks hard to make a crochet Chritmas tree. I hope you can show me the lights.

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@Shavkat (137215)

• Philippines

7 Dec 20

@oahuwriter I got it. It will take time to find unfunctional lights to repair or change them.

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Krissttina Isobe

@oahuwriter (26780)

• United States

6 Dec 20

@Shavkat You know what, it's sideways because I didn't crop it. No lights any longer because lights stopped working. Just didn't get new lights.

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@Shunnan (2106)

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3 Dec 20

nice it's my first time to saw that kind of cactus.i do not like cactus too much because mostly cactus has no flowers but this one has.we do not have any Christmas tree here

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@Shavkat (137215)

• Philippines

3 Dec 20

I was also surprised that a small cactus-like can have blooms. I do agree that I am not fond of the bigger ones, like the agave plant.

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@Shunnan (2106)

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3 Dec 20

@Shavkat i planted cactus as part of my subjects and projects during my secondary. It's expensive i think for it is very rare

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@Shavkat (137215)

• Philippines

3 Dec 20

@Shunnan I do agree with you. They are quite pricey.

@rsa101 (37952)

• Philippines

3 Dec 20

That is nice one you have and it even has a flower. I have never seen one lately. At my Granfather's old house we have lots of cactus plants as well. We just do not have that variety that blooms flower.

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@Shavkat (137215)

• Philippines

4 Dec 20

I didn't' even know that there are varieties of them. Since my younger brother is becoming a 'plantito,' I am starting to discover new plants that I haven't seen in my life.

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@rsa101 (37952)

• Philippines

4 Dec 20

@Shavkat First time to see it as well and blooming. I think I saw one but there were no flowers so they are just plain green stem that I see.

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@Shavkat (137215)

• Philippines

4 Dec 20

@rsa101 I hope it will be like in this photo. Image Credit: gardeningknowhow.com

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@LadyDuck (458091)

• Switzerland

3 Dec 20

I like cacti, they do not need many attentions. Yes I put up my Christmas tree.

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@Shavkat (137215)

• Philippines

4 Dec 20

@LadyDuck It looks that they are so well-prepared to welcome Christmas eve.

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@Shavkat (137215)

• Philippines

4 Dec 20

I missed seeing a Christmas tree with lights. I agree that they don't need to have all the attention.

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@LadyDuck (458091)

• Switzerland

4 Dec 20

@Shavkat Last night my neighbors started turning on the lights outside, on Sunday it is St.Nicholas, all the houses are decorated.

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@rakski (112925)

• Philippines

3 Dec 20

no. I do not like cactus with thorns but I like the ones that look like a flower

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@Shavkat (137215)

• Philippines

3 Dec 20

I like this kind of cactus. It looks like a dragon fruit cactus.

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@rakski (112925)

• Philippines

3 Dec 20

@Shavkat it looks good

@thelme55 (76476)

• Germany

3 Dec 20

I also have a Christmas cactus. I forgot to take a photo. No, the Christmas tree is not put up, yet.

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@Shavkat (137215)

• Philippines

4 Dec 20

I envy some photos because their Christmas cacti have so many blooms. I hope to see your plant, too.

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@thelme55 (76476)

• Germany

4 Dec 20

@Shavkat I forgot to take a photo today f my cactus. I was malling today that´s why.

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@Shavkat (137215)

• Philippines

5 Dec 20

@thelme55 It's okay.

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@sophie09 (34246)

• Indonesia

4 Dec 20

that is a beautiful xmas cactus

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@Shavkat (137215)

• Philippines

4 Dec 20

Thank you for appreciating it. I just want to share what I have with regards to growing some plants here at my place.

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@sophie09 (34246)

• Indonesia

4 Dec 20

@Shavkat yes that is good for you then

@fahmita_ (2255)

• Indonesia

3 Dec 20

That's pretty. I don't even know that cactus has flower like that!

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@Shavkat (137215)

• Philippines

4 Dec 20

I find it amazing, too. It is very striking to look at.

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@Shavkat (137215)

• Philippines

5 Dec 20

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@fahmita_ (2255)

• Indonesia

4 Dec 20

@Shavkat Exactly!

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@Cheyee (8362)

• Pakanbaru, Indonesia

3 Dec 20

This is the second time I see Christmas cactus. Maybe I will try to find one. I think I will be able to plant this without wilting it.

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@Shavkat (137215)

• Philippines

4 Dec 20

As they claimed, cacti are not that delicate when it comes to growing them in the garden. I hope you can find one or two soon.

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@Shavkat (137215)

• Philippines

4 Dec 20

@Cheyee Honestly, I am starting to be bored staying at home. But I need to.

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@Cheyee (8362)

• Pakanbaru, Indonesia

4 Dec 20

@Shavkat all I need to do is how to persuade my husband to buy it for me. He is kinda tired buying alot of things for my hobby (I get bored so easily)

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@youfiq (2572)

• United States

3 Dec 20

I just found out that the Christmas tree can be replaced with a cactus

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@Shavkat (137215)

• Philippines

3 Dec 20

In my humble opinion, the Christmas cactus is a type of cactus, too. What do you mean by replacing it? In what way?

@MALUSE (69413)

• Germany

3 Dec 20

A Christmas cactus can't replace a Christmas tree. These are two pairs of shoes. You have the Christmas tree only for some days at the end of December during the holidays and you decorate it with candles and other things, but you have a Christmas cactus for decades.

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@marguicha (215410)

• Chile

7 Dec 20

I have many cacti. In fact we spent some time with Dixie a few days ago getting cuttings from mine

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@Shavkat (137215)

• Philippines

11 Dec 20

That's great. I hope I can have more cacti here.

@RebeccasFarm (86755)

• United States

3 Dec 20

It is a nice plant tho

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@Shavkat (137215)

• Philippines

4 Dec 20

Thanks for saying it nice.

@wolfgirl569 (95165)

• Marion, Ohio

3 Dec 20

I have 2 trees set up and my cactus is blooming.

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@Shavkat (137215)

• Philippines

4 Dec 20

I love to see them. I am glad that you trees with cacti.

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@Marilynda1225 (79722)

• United States

3 Dec 20

Those Christmas cactus amaze me when they know when to bloom. I used to have one and it always bloomed right around Christmas. I don't have that cactus anymore but I do put up a Christmas tree.

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@Shavkat (137215)

• Philippines

4 Dec 20

It is becoming my dream to have a nursery with different plants. Since we are renting an apartment, I can fulfill this aspiration if having our new dream house in the future. A Christmas tree is not an idea for this year at my house.

@freelancermariagrace (27219)

• Philippines

4 Dec 20

That looks pretty. Yes, we have put up our small Christmas tree last week.

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@Shavkat (137215)

• Philippines

4 Dec 20

That's nice. I find it pretty, too.

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@CarolDM (203454)

• Nashville, Tennessee

3 Dec 20

Your cactus is beautiful.

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@Shavkat (137215)

• Philippines

4 Dec 20

Thank you. It is really a beauty in this house at present.

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