Xmas cactus

[NYEric]

I can't kill this one. Everyone who breathes air should therefore be able to grow it.

 

[eOrchids]

Very nice Eric!

How long have you had it?

 

[TheLorax]

I need one of those. I need a white blooming one. Last time I checked, I breathe air and I killed one off. Where can I buy a big one of those online? The one I killed was my husband's that he had kept alive for over 20 years... until he turned its care over to me a few years ago. I killed it in no time flat. Seeing your plant reminded me that I wanted to buy another one.

 

[paphioboy]

Gorgeous...!!! Eric, you're wrong... I also breathe air and i (nearly) killed it too... we're in the same boat, TheLorax...ity: this plant turns to mush in hot tropical weather... i still have 2 or 3 surviving stems.. i let them 'piggyback' on the medium of my orchids and they thrive... but when i grow them separately, they die...

 

[rdlsreno]

I too have flowered my Xmas cactus. My favorite the yellow form and the white lacy petal one. They are cool.


Ramon

 

[likespaphs]

wow. that yellow sure is nice...

 

[goldenrose]

I need one of those....... Where can I buy a big one of those online?

Check locally - you don't want to ship them, let alone a big.

I have one like Eric's & it exploded the last couple of days as well!

Ramon - both pictures are fabulous - very pretty & different!

 

[TheLorax]

Where are they generally sold? I need a white one.

 

[goldenrose]

Most any place that sells pointsettias, a GH/florist would probably have a larger selection.

 

[TheLorax]

I keep finding the pink ones. No white ones yet. I'll call around.

 

[TheLorax]

I found this-
http://www.amazon.com/White-Christmas-Cactus-Zygocactus-8-Hanging/dp/B000UVVBQQ

It's an option if I can't find one at one of the big box stores.

 

[rdlsreno]

I found this-
http://www.amazon.com/White-Christmas-Cactus-Zygocactus-8-Hanging/dp/B000UVVBQQ

It's an option if I can't find one at one of the big box stores.

Sometimes Lowes and Home depot have them.

Ramon

 

[NYEric]

I've had this for years and despite every abuse except insect pest it flowers regularly. I see them in home depot often.

 

[TheLorax]

I've seen them before at Home Depot and Menards right around Christmas time but not yet this year. I know WalMart has carried them before but I stopped shopping there. I have seen a few pink ones at the grocery store of all places. Hopefully I'll stumble across a white.

 

[TheLorax]

I got one. It's a tiny little pathetic looking plant but it's pure white. Anyone want to place wagers on how long it takes me to kill it?

 

[NYEric]

just hang it in the window and leave it alone.

 

[TheLorax]

It's still sitting on the kitchen counter in a brown paper bag. I need to drill a hole to hang it in the ceiling of a room off the beaten path so he doesn't see it. Fortunately, I think I know where to hang it so that he doesn't see it. We have a couple rooms that he never goes into so it should be safe until I give it to him as a gift.

 

[NYEric]

Glad you found one. Don't kill it before you give it to him. Tell him you're sorry about the last one and he should be responsible for the new one.

 

[TheLorax]

I'm potting it right now. Figured I'd pot it up in Pro Mix. All the better to kill it in I guess. All it has to do is survive about another week and I can assure that will be the very first gift he gets that night. I don't want nothin to do with that thing!