Very pretty blooms ya'll!

Schlumbergera 'Cebelina'--such an unusual color that I love!

Wow Nancy that is so pretty!!

That is really a great color!

[quote="purpleinopp"]First plant to bloom at my house this year is one of last years' clearance plants. Turns out to be a duplicate color, but if I didn't like it to begin with, I wouldn't already have some from previous years.

(S. truncata)


What's opening up at your house
Hi Purplebloomcactus 2016 I am new! Trying out replies!
I have a S. Russelliana

Welcome to ATP purplebloom! Here are a couple repeat pics of mine

purplebloomcactus!

Dutchlady1 said: purplebloomcactus!

Hi I am getting started with plant list and I don't know how to link my time zone and picture to my header name? Can you link me to instructions? Thanks!

On your main page, go to the little 'person' icon in the top left. This is your profile. You can add all kinds of information there!

SALL20 said:For me, it goes back to the type of gardener one is or perceived to be. If one of my friends, who I knew to be a casual gardener, said look at my Christmas cactus!, I would probably admire it and move on. On the other hand, if a friend who I knew was very interested in her plants said that, I might tell her all about the different 'Holiday' cactuses.

My guess is that most people posting here have an interest in gardening and wouldn't take offense at being given information about the plants they grow.

Hi When I post my S.Russelliana I thought was the proper way to recognize the orginate of the plant. Also, I came from a Facebook group that identified the plant with with this name! I want to bring back the true identity of the Holiday cactus! I believe nursery growers made it harder to identify cactus. When the growers called it a Christmas cactus ! How should a rare cactus be identified?

Alisa, your posts were totally OK. My post, that you quoted, was in response to a discussion we were having about the confusion surrounding the different Holiday cactus. I posted pictures of my cacti and called them Christmas cactus, when they are actually S. truncata, or Thanksgiving cactus. I didn't know the difference, but now I do.😀

Hi I was wondering if there is a Holiday cacti database for cactus lovers? The only way now to find growers and cactus plant types are on auction sites (like eBay or etsy). I am trying to find rare colors and plants. It's also, it's hard to find traders from Florida were must colors are. I live on the west coast Holiday cactus sold in stores are mainly Thanksgiving cactus and Easter cactus. It's hard to find true Christmas cactus. Cactus are just given through friends and family! I just got lucky!

Alisa one thing to do would be check out your local Cactus and Succulent club and ask there! ( sorry I know it isn't much!)
I'm sure other people will join in with ideas!

Just took a photo of my holiday cacti..some more blooms showing up, I love how they seem like butterflies chasing one another:

Purplebloomcactus said:
How should a rare cactus be identified?

Just like you did--S.Russelliana works just fine
Welcome to ATP purplebloomcactus!
Where did you find one?

Cute butterflies chasing each other Tarev

All mine have bloomed out for now, but I do have some seed pods forming. I'm anxious to start some from seeds next spring!

All the cactus I see are just stunning! I am now on the hunt for Easter cactus! OMG, I am so addicted!

Here is my rare Thanksgiving cactus Bristol Queen! Going price on eBay $13.50 a segments? Love to trade for rare yellow segments.

Lovely! - don't have any, I have the not so rare orangish tan one, but not yellow and don't even know what type it is

That is lovely Alisa! Hope you find the yellow ones! I only grow noids too, am content with it, just happy it still manages to stay alive and bloom in my care.

Tarev you said it!!! Don't die don't die - oh and bloom dang it bloom!
The thing that did it for me though was moving them outdoors during the summer - since doing that they bloom frequently