My beautiful Thanksgiving Cacti in bloom 💕 These guys sur...
My beautiful Thanksgiving Cacti in bloom 💕 These guys sure do mean a lot to me. One day I’ll find a true Christmas cactus & hopefully an Easter cactus too!
Ignore the pot in pot with the terracotta 🙈 I just bought that one but the pot it came in was so ugly.
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Ignore the pot in pot with the terracotta 🙈 I just bought that one but the pot it came in was so ugly.
#HappyPlants bloomingSuccs">#bloomingSuccs #SucculentSquad #SucculentLove #FalseChristmasCactus #thanksgivingcactus #Succulents blooming">#blooming #WhatTheSuccWednesday
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@ThatFlowerGirl it really is a stunning cactus. I have a tiny baby one that hasn’t yet opened its blooms.
@LaSiguanaba they’re such an easy plant and they last forever! I hope yours opens the blooms soon!!
@RefinedSandwort thank you! Will you post them when the buds open? I’d love to see!
Have you tried covering the Easter cactus at night so it has 12 hours of darkness? I’ve read that helps. But as I’ve not been lucky enough to get my hands on one, I’m no expert 😂
Have you tried covering the Easter cactus at night so it has 12 hours of darkness? I’ve read that helps. But as I’ve not been lucky enough to get my hands on one, I’m no expert 😂
@ThatFlowerGirl Check grocery stores and big box stores for an Easter cactus. I managed to find mine there.
@Charli3Plant I usually just see these marketed as Easter cacti. But I’ll definitely be on the hunt next year. I’m glad you were able to find one!
@ThatFlowerGirl I saw some red Christmas cacti at the local garden shop yesterday when I went to get my poinsettia. What do you mean by “true” Christmas cactus?
@ValleyOfErlease Mine are Thanksgiving Cacti (or false Christmas cacti as Greg likes to call them). I bought them as “Christmas” cacti though. Actual Christmas cacti are a different species.
@ThatFlowerGirl The one I got yesterday was marked as a Christmas cactus. I have a feeling that they just grab whatever care tag they have handy and shove them in there. 😂
@princesspitstop all mine were too! I’ve been to about 10 greenhouses in the past week or so and every single one calls the thanksgiving cactus a Christmas cactus. Oh well, they’re still absolutely gorgeous! I’ve been tempted by a yellow one I saw tho 🙈 I don’t think I need any more thanksgiving cacti but maybe I’ll make an exception lol
@princesspitstop you should!! I think white is so underrated! I do need to deadhead tho. My pink one is my pride and joy but I’m so glad I also have the white one 😍
@ThatFlowerGirl So to deadhead just pinch the spent blooms off? Any particular place on the stem? The only plants I own that I have to do that to are Kalanchoe's. 😁
@princesspitstop yep! Right where the little green bit of the bloom meets the leaf. You can pinch with your thumb nail but be careful if there are any buds right next to the wilted flower.
Here’s a pic since I’m a visual person 😂 I drew a thin red line where I remove the flower
Here’s a pic since I’m a visual person 😂 I drew a thin red line where I remove the flower
@ThatFlowerGirl Thanks!! I appreciate that! I'm visual as well ❤️ The white one looks so pretty against the terracotta pot! When they open tomorrow I'm gonna go get one 🤗
@princesspitstop any time! And I hope you get your hands on one! I went back for the yellow one and it wasn’t there. I guess it’s not meant to be and I’ll find a yellow Easter cactus 😂
Yeah I think that's the case with mine tbh @peachystonecrop I got her during the coldest week of the year so far (every day hit the minuses!), she opened to blooms then went "nah! Too damned cold for me!" And chucked the rest of them 🤦♀️🤣 never mind... There's always next year! Lol xx
@ThatFlowerGirl I finally got a white one!! This was as close to a terracotta pot as I could get right now. 💚
