My "Christmas Cactus". This plant is pretty funny. Every year it blooms before Christmas.... in November actually. Flowers, of course, are then long gone by Christmas.
What now?.... a single guy appeared several days ago. As I walked past it I was thinking ..wonder why that little nub just didn't fall off when the others did. And, why haven't I noticed it earlier? I almost flicked it off and tossed it into the pot as I usually do with the little bits that never become flowers.
On closer inspection... a live one!
And today??
Wow.
I crawled right under the coffee table and took one from the underside .... because to me...that looks more like it should be topside. Best angle to me... what a beauty!
Maybe the snowflakes coaxed it along.....
6 comments:
You captured a beautiful flower that is on its own schedule. Did you know that there are 2 similar plants and one is a Thanksgiving cactus? They are often mislabeled!
My Christmas cactus blooms whenever it wants.
Mine just had it's second bloom, the first one came right before Christmas, and now I have a few more flowers again. I am in Arizona, so who knows.
I love that it's doing its own thing! Who cares what time of year it is--it's blooming!! :) Stuff like that makes me smile.
We call them Zygocactus here. My father grew a huge one after my mother died. It was always full of orange flowers. He gave us (family) all a piece of it before he died many years ago. I still have it and can't get it to flower. Think I might try and repot it this year in the hope that it does something. Maybe your post is an omen. Sue
I think the snow did confuse it lol. But such a lovely flower.
Looks like a lovely Easter bloom! Beautiful! Hope your snow goes away
soon.
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