Thanksgiving Cactus Red Leaves, How To Care For A Christmas Cactus 14 Steps With Pictures

The leaves of this cacti have pointy and serrated crabs claw like edges and it is therefore also famous as crab cactus.

Thanksgiving day sales in canada. The cactus plant i treasure most comes not from the desert but from the mountains of brazil where it grows like the orchid in the crotches of trees. I top up the tray which is a pot saucer. I take care of a donated cactus red in the lobby of my building.

Christmas cactus which has smoother. Famous holiday cactus types unlike other cacti these cactus plants dont like full sun and need bright indirect sunlight and slightly moist soil to thrive well. Red leaves on a holiday cactus stem segments getting a reddish hue and slowly turning a deeper red or purple can happen to christmas cacti thanksgiving cacti and the easter cacti.

I put mine in a pebble tray and they thrive in it. Flowers of the thanksgiving cactus are produced from the tips or from where the leaf segments jointhey resemble a long tube appearing as if a flower within a flower. I have the orange and peach colours.

Your christmas cactus can turn red or pink when its stressed specifically if it is exposed to direct sunlight or if it doesnt get enough water. When this happens your plant is again trying to tell you something. The christmas cactus schlumbergera bridgesii earned its common name with the timing of its bloom which occurs at christmas if the plant.

It is called a leaf cactus but is not a true cactus. Unlike a desert cactus the christmas cactus cannot live in the heat and drought in which desert plants thrive. They come in a range of colors mostly pastels including red pink peach purple orange or white and typically bloom in thanksgiving.

Rather it is an epiphyte those plants which live on other plants. Problems with leaves turning red on a christmas cactus. Schlumbergera truncata is the thanksgiving cactus.

Im referring to the magnificent schlumbergera truncate pictured above. The cactus needs repotting in fresh soil for cactus onlythe pot seems not to have drainage holesthe white seems to be from to much direct sun as wellthe stems are very pale which also is a indication the cactus is struggling. I have not seen the ones with red leaves.

How to grow this easy to find thanksgiving cactus and how to tell it apart from the rare christmas cactus from late october through november the. The leaves are broad and flat with slight serrations on the edges in the thanksgiving vs.