The Christmas cactus, also known as the Holiday cactus, or more accurately, Schlumbergera, is a trailing tropical cactus that puts on a fabulous annual display of flowers. These blooms usually appear ...

Christmas cacti require 12 hours of darkness for about eight weeks to form flower buds for holiday blooming. Ideal temperature conditions for flowering are 65°F to 70°F during the day and 55°F to 65°F ...

Your Christmas cactus needs crucial care in January, here's what you can do right now to make sure it blooms beautifully.

If you’re lucky enough to have a Christmas cactus, you know how cheerful its red, pink, or purple blooms can be during the holidays. But if your plant isn’t flowering this year, you may be wondering ...

The holidays will be here before you know it, and that means time together with family and friends, beautiful decorations, delicious food, and (hopefully) a Christmas cactus in full bloom. Encouraging ...

Key Points None of the three holiday cacti should be fertilized in January, even if it’s still blooming.Only start the ...

Q: My Christmas cactus doesn’t usually bloom at Christmas time. It actually blooms kind of randomly, for whatever holiday suits its fancy. This year it was a Veteran’s Day cactus. Is there something I ...

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Here's a perfectly healthy Christmas cactus... just without any flowers. Lack of sufficient overnight darkness is a leading reason for non-bloom of this species. Q: My wife has some Christmas cactuses ...

My fondness for Christmas Cactus plants comes from the numerous beautiful blooms that magically appear from green tips just as color has pretty much disappeared from my outdoor gardens. These eye ...

Information came from two Gardening Knowhow.com pages on fertilizer and care, and University of Illinois Extension. There are Christmas, Thanksgiving and Easter cacti. Christmas cacti have flattened ...