Last year, this bloomed in March. This year, in January. If you call it a Christmas Cactus that makes it about 3 weeks late, which is just about right for me! First is the bud on Jan 7, and below is the flower today.
 | See Springtime In and Near My Kitchen for last year's bloom |
It's still strange for me to think of a cactus with flowers on it. I never knew they did that until about six months ago. I can imagine that flowers in the house must brighten things up on winter days. I wish I could grow things in the house, but they'd all end up dead, due to my laziness.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful bloom! I am sure this flower will brighten someone's day in the cold winter.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful flower! The color is gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteI didn't know that a cactus can yield such a beautiful flower!
ReplyDeleteI have two Christmas Cactus and they bloom a couple times a year. My pink one like yours is getting ready to bloom again. They are great plants. And I don't know what happened to the Momma Moose
ReplyDeleteVery nice. I wish I still had mine. If I had only been better at remembering to water the darn thing.
ReplyDeleteRatty- Cacti have beautiful flowers! I'm hoping to go to the flower show again this year, and maybe I'll be able to get some pictures of really nice ones.
ReplyDeleteBK- It has brightened mine!
Vanilla- cacti have amazing blooms, but they don't all bloom every year.
Marg- What other colors of blooms do Christmas Cactus have? I've only seen pink.
Ann- I'm trying to change my houseplants to all succulents so that they are very forgiving.
At least, yours blooms, Joan. I had one for years that appeared healthy, at least its leaves did, but it never bloomed. I like the color. It must be nice to have it blooming, in the midst of all that snow outdoors!
ReplyDeleteCarmen- I used to have one that never bloomed. This one was a gift, and it seems to be doing better. It sure doesn't get any special attention from me!
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