I was ready to wish my November cactus goodbye until next year

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When I discovered a new bud. So far that's the only one and the other four flowers are almost ready to die. This is the longest my plant has ever flowered and all because mz. Crazy sent me a link in watering the plant when it's blooming and in the dormant stages. In the past I was lucky if mine bloomed on one side a few weeks to a month but I think this round is been blooming since January but I'll have to check first. I'm going to guess the first round lasted three months, from October thru December and then barely took a nap before beginning again in either January or February. February it's the first that I talked about it this year and it seems to be winding down but I won't know that until after seeing if any more leaves happen to bud. In previous years it would only bloom on one side of the plant and only for a few weeks but I only watered it weekly during the bloom cycle. The link crazy shared with me showed me that I should water it more often when it's blooming and even mist it periodically. That seemed to make a world of difference for my cactus. Mine is actually a November cactus although they are commonly known as Christmas cactus. Not all the leaves have the same shapes and they all don't bloom at the same time but most will bloom twice each year.