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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.

Thanksgiving birthday cupcake clipart. I know that the thanksgiving cactus is a succulent and doesnt need much water. Schlumbergera truncata is the thanksgiving cactus. Water your christmas cactus whenever the soil is dry try not to let the soil dry out completely but dont let water stand in the pot or the saucer underneath.

In general home gardeners do pretty well with christmas cactus both the real thing schlumbergera x buckleyi and its close relative thanksgiving cactus s. This is the best way to tell the three plants apart from other than the time of year that they bloom. Both thanksgiving and christmas cactus are easy care plants that can bloom for many weeks.

Rather it is an epiphyte those plants which live on other plants. Drainage is much more important than water volume. 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.

Similar in appearance and culture to their cousins christmas cactus and easter cactus thanksgiving cactus can be long lived and are even sometimes passed down as family heirlooms. Truncata which ill call seasonal cacti in this articleread when your christmas cactus blooms too early to know how to distinguish between the two in many homes they come to bloom twice a year in novemberdecember and. It is a thermo photoperiodic plant the amount of light and darkness determines if and when it flowers.

Hi guys d in this video i have fun re potting my very old possible 60 plus or more years old schlumbergera truncata commonly known as the thanksgiving. They come in a range of colors mostly pastels including red pink peach purple orange or white and typically bloom in thanksgiving. The leaves are broad and flat with slight serrations on the edges in the thanksgiving vs.

Christmas cactus which has smoother. There are several things that play a key role in helping a thanksgiving cactus to bloom at the right time. Re potting my thanksgiving cactus affiliate links thru amazon are included on this post i am using soil mix with about 30 added turkey grit so that the soil will be loose and drain quickly.