Holiday Cactus on schedule!
By GreatMartin
@GreatMartin (23670)
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
December 14, 2020 4:16pm CST
The 'mother' plant was all abloom for Hanukkah and now it is all bare except for a few buds meaning it is getting ready for Christmas--never misses a holiday!
In the upper right is a branch I had cut off 2 years ago and it has been blooming all year! On the lower left the photograph is of new 'new' plants I started in September and it is now showing buds for Santa!
In the bottom right are the buds starting to come in getting ready to be in bloom by the 20th.
What was originally a "Christmas Cactus" has now become an all-holiday plant including every 4 years it blooms on February 29th!
Mother Nature always amazes me!!
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@GreatMartin (23670)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
15 Dec 20
And they are so easy to duplicate!!
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@CarolDM (203396)
• Nashville, Tennessee
15 Dec 20
@GreatMartin I have heard many say that. Enjoy!
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@GreatMartin (23670)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
16 Dec 20
@CarolDM I just take a piece off the mother plant stick it into a pot with dirt and I have another blooming plant!
@GreatMartin (23670)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
15 Dec 20
I have 4 going now---moderation is NOT my name!!
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@GreatMartin (23670)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
16 Dec 20
@DianneN I don't even know what it means!!
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@GreatMartin (23670)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
16 Dec 20
It amazes me--I just snap off a small part of the 'mother' plant, stick it into dirt in a pot and a few months later I have a full grown blossoming plant!!
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@GreatMartin (23670)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
17 Dec 20
I swear it is white!!! I just threaten the plants and they bloom!!
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@FayeHazel (40230)
• United States
16 Dec 20
You have a green thumb Martin. I'm very impressed
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@GreatMartin (23670)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
17 Dec 20
@FayeHazel That's the color of my fingers--with a little sunshine!!
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@FourWalls (86575)
• United States
15 Dec 20
How cool! Does it bloom for Purim, too?? And throw thorns at you at the mention of Haman’s name?
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@GreatMartin (23670)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
15 Dec 20
Nothing militant about this Holiday Cactus--love all the way!
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@RasmaSandra (97912)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
16 Dec 20
I am glad your cactus is blooming. I would like to get another one since my cactus faded away, Clearly, you have a green thumb and your plants love you.
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@GreatMartin (23670)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
16 Dec 20
No green thumb--I just threaten to sing if they don't bloom and there they are!!
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