Thanksgiving Cactus Hardiness, Thanksgiving Cactus Information Learn About Thanksgiving Cactus Plant Care

Rather it is an epiphyte those plants which live on other plants.

Thanksgiving usa closed. It also goes by zygocactus. Christmas cactus cold hardiness. Thanksgiving cactus schlumbergera truncata was once commonly called the crab claw cactus or crab cactus before it started being marketed around turkey day.

Growing conditions for thanksgiving cactus schlumbergera truncata light. It is called a leaf cactus but is not a true cactus. 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.

This is the best way to tell the three plants apart from other than the time of year that they bloom. Christmas cacti tend to flower around the winter months and produce bright bountiful pink blooms. Schlumbergera truncata is the thanksgiving cactus.

Unknown tell us. The differences between thanksgiving cactus christmas cactus and easter cactus even though holiday cactus plants tend to look similar look more closely at the leaves. These plants are easy to grow and are often passed down through the generations my first one came from my mother who got it from her mother.

Can be grown as an annual. During this time the ideal night time temperature should be 500 600f 100 1560c. Read on for thanksgiving holiday cactus information that will keep you growing and giving away these plants for a lifetime.

Most popular are thanksgiving cactus schlumbergera truncata christmas cactus schlumbergera bridgesii and easter cactus hatiora gaertneri with many hybrids and colors available. Holiday cacti are popular houseplants that bloom around the holiday in their name. Never place a thanksgiving cactus in direct sunlight for prolonged periods.

The christmas cactus leaves have smooth scalloped outer edges while the thanksgiving cactus also known as the crabs claw or lobster cactus has hook or claw like points along the leaf margins. Christmas cactus thanksgiving cactus learn how to grow christmas cactus thanksgiving cactus a secret of blooming christmas cactus growing thanksgiving cactus and more about this plant. They do well with east or west facing windows.

Above 45 0c 40 0f where to grow. Unknown tell us. To 17 0c 35 0f usda zone 11.

Indirect partial light mimics their natural habitat. They do not look like a cactus but in reality this is the member of the cactus family and come in two varieties.