The spring is finally here and my Easter cactus (Rhipsalidopsis gaetneri) has started to bloom.
It blooms once a year during the Easter time and that’s where the name comes.
To have cactus to bloom twice a year I have planted to the same pot both Christmas and Easter cacti. The end result is nice because it delights you with the blooms more often.
Hope that you all have had a good holiday season and have managed to enjoy the Christmas!
My Christmas cactus (Schlumbergera truncata) bloomed just before the holidays bringing a bit color to the gray winter we are having.
It is one of those plants that requires very little and blooms nicely if you neglect it a bit before the blooming season.
Have a very good new year 2021!
A single bloom and I am thrilled! Usually my Christmas cactus is full of flowers at this time of the year.
Unfortunately last spring my ten-year-old friend started to die and eventually perished. Luckily I managed to take some cuttings just on time.
Now I have two new cacti growing and doing well.
Now my plan is to find an Easter cactus to accompany them. Just learned a trick to tell them apart. It is the shape of the leaf that tells you when you can expect to see the flowers. Never have realized that before.
Can it be too early to have Christmas flowers? Is it nearly the time? Or am I a bit ahead of the season this year?
Once again I was weak and could not resist the temptation. This seems to happen to me too often.
Saw the bulbs in a shop and ended up having winter’s first two amaryllises at home.
I am fond of large and spectacular flowers. Something that cannot go unnoticed. This makes amaryllis a perfect choice for me. Large, luscious blooms that are full of color.
Now I am just trying to resist the urge to buy some more.
PS. Do not water amaryllis too often. It just ends up growing a long stem.
Some of us are just so easy and thankful. My Christmas cactus lives in the darkest corner of my flat. Neglected and without any attention or care. Just a drop of water every once and awhile.
Still each year just before the Christmas it starts to blossom reminding me about the coming holiday season. I have never understood why it opens the flowers during the darkest time of the year but it does make me happy and smile. I guess it is his way of reminding me about the beautiful things and its own existence.
PS. It seems that the only way to kill a Christmas cactus is to over water it. Just leave it be and it seems to flourish.
Gardening in the North 