Thanksgiving Cactus Bloom, 1

Another difference between them is the timing of when they flower which is how they get their common names.

Thanksgiving travel 2020. It is a thermo photoperiodic plant the amount of light and darkness determines if and when it flowers. The general rule of thumb for starting flower bud treatments is early october for thanksgiving cactus and mid october for christmas cactus. Once flower buds form blossoms are long lasting in an average home environment and a heavily budded plant can bring on blooms for two weeks or more.

What has caused the change in color. Well the secret to getting your christmas cactus to bloom is providing it with the right temperatures and amount of light. To initiate the production of flower buds make sure you expose it to at least 16 hours of darkness and eight hours of light for at least six weeks.

Our thanksgiving cactus normally blooms a beautiful deep pink and is always on time for thanksgiving. They resemble a long tube appearing as if a flower within a flower. Christmas cactus plants bloom sometime in december close to christmas time.

Forcing thanksgiving cactus to bloom requires cool temperatures and shorter daylight hours. The only real problem with the plant is its need to be fooled in order to bloom again the next year. However this year it is blooming now also june only the flowers are white.

Christmas cacti tend to flower in a cold and relatively dark environment. This plant got its nickname from their willingness to bloom in late november around thanksgiving. The thanksgiving cactus schlumbergera ttruncata the leaves of thanksgiving cactus plants are broad and flat with small serrated edges.

White thanksgiving cactus flower. During this time the ideal night time temperature should be 500 600f 100 1560c. Similar in appearance and culture to their cousins christmas cactus and easter cactus thanksgiving cactus can be long lived and are even sometimes passed.

So starting about 4 6 weeks before you want your thanksgiving cactus to bloom provide 12 hours a day of light and 12 hours a day of total darkness. 06232020 at 312 pm. Truncata has longer more pointed leaf segments than christmas cactus and of course it tends to bloom around thanksgiving rather than christmas.

Schlumbergera truncata commonly know as thanksgiving cactus is one of the holiday cacti that you may find in garden centers in the fall. These plants often bloom in shades of pink yellow white or red which adds a bright contrast to your traditional fall decor. Whatever type of plant it is the thanksgiving holiday cactus is a proven winner with blooms that last for 2 to 4 months and an easy going nature.

Thanksgiving cactus both christmas and thanksgiving cactus are called short day plants phototropic plants meaning the shorter the days fewer hours of light and the cooler the night temperatures the more flowers they produce.