Comments on: How to Make a Christmas Cactus Bloom at Christmas

By: Sherry Colley

Sherry Colley — Tue, 05 Jul 2022 03:00:05 +0000

I have a red Christmas cactus lt grew great had flowers at Christmas and after in Feb l have it in a window water it when dry mist once a week use miracle grow sticks l have 3 in the pot placed in a triangle once every 4 months l repotted it a couple months ago and broke 1/2 of it off it has started growing back right now it’s leaves are making leaves seems to be happy it’s in a bigger pot. I live on Florida so l don’t put it outside at all the heat here will surely kill it l keep it in a window where it gets light from outside and a little sun and l don’t move it after it blooms it’s in my office it’s thriving there.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Fri, 24 Dec 2021 18:29:45 +0000

In reply to Rebecca. Probably the one saved from your neighbor is actually a different type all together. There is a Susan Komen spring cactus that is particularly hard to get to rebloom. Like the same care as the traditional Christmas cactus but slightly less water and more direct light. Just a guess?!

By: Pat C.

Pat C. — Wed, 29 Sep 2021 06:16:49 +0000

I guess mine don’t read the rules! I have several solid reds, a white, a pink, a peach, a salmon, and a baby one that is supposed to be gold. All are under LED plant lights for 8-10 hours a day and they do receive some natural light as well as from a lamp in my living room. I water lightly 2-3 times a month until they start setting buds. Then I fertilize with each watering maybe once a week. The reds, pink, and white ones are on their second bloom this year! They had never rebloomed until this past Christmas and then only sparingly. I added lights and blam, they’ve gone nuts! No idea if they’ll try to bloom for this holiday but I sure have pretty “Oktoberfest” cacti right now!

By: Joanne Hallis

Joanne Hallis — Sun, 16 Jun 2019 02:53:48 +0000

In reply to Susan. Florecent lights

By: Dassaw, N

Dassaw, N — Tue, 23 Apr 2019 05:39:36 +0000

My plant bloomed this past December now it is getting ready to bloom again. I recently moved to a colder region since January, since that time I have kept it on the porch as before where now it gets sun from the West for about 4 hours daily and it’s about to bloom again. I’m not sure about the variety and its blooms be a gorgeous pink.

By: D.J.

D.J. — Sun, 03 Feb 2019 20:08:41 +0000

Mine never bloomed until my aunt told me it needs only natural light. Since I followed this advice my cactus has been full of blooms yearly! God’s beauty thrills my heart every year!

By: Vivian

Vivian — Tue, 11 Dec 2018 22:28:38 +0000

I read an article where a lady inherited her plant from her deceased grandmother and it wasn’ t flowering and then she remembered that her grandmother used to give it A weekly feed of cold coffee and it flowered, worth a try.

It would be good to know what country/state is the the writer of this article in.

By: Susan

Susan — Mon, 11 Dec 2017 00:16:04 +0000

My room don’t get Sun but I got my plants in doors the only time it’s Sun is at summertime but my plant don’t bloom .help

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Sun, 29 Nov 2015 17:28:37 +0000

Apparently my Schlumbergera did not know the rules as it doesn’t follow all of them. I put it outside on the patio is late spring/early summer, water when dry to t he touch and use plant food sticks for flowering plants. I bring it in before the first frost, this season it was in October and it had begun to set buds. It hang in a ENE facing window in my living room, gets light from the ceiling light as well as from the street light and passing traffic. I carry it to the kitchen sink to water it, so I can give it a good soaking (when dry to the touch). I keep my heat set between 68 and 72, of course it is cooler in the window. I also mist the entire plant a couple of times a day. Mine is white and from the Turncata Group. It has had 2 flushes of bloom since it’s first few lowers in October. second flush was for Thanksgiving when it displayed 30+ blooms and buds as well as several tiny buds I didn’t add to the count. I believe it will have yet another flush of flowers for Christmas as well as sporadic blooms throughout the winter months – normal for this particular plant. I also have a smaller version of this plant grown from stems and pieces that were broken off of it when it fell from it’s shelf in 2014, it is now full of buds and just beginning to open a few.

These guide line are great to follow as most are not as forgiving as my plant is! I have another Schumbergeria, this from the Buckleyi Group and most likely S. russelliana. It was saved from my neighbor’s plant that was nearly lost to root rot in 2014. I got to keep the smallest, weakest pieces and while they have grown great, it shows no inclination of wanting to bloom! It gets the exact care as the others do. Perhaps when it is fully and completely recovered it will bloom.