Schlumbergera truncata (Thanksgiving Cactus) Houseplant Care - 218 of 365

When I was filming this video, my Sclumbergera truncata, or Thanksgiving Cactus was not showing any signs of bloom, but now as this is running, the plant is in bloom with its bright pink flowers. It takes the 218th spot of "365 Days of Plants".
In this video I'll discuss where it is originally native to, where I'm growing it in my home, and basics like light, watering and fertilizing.
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Schlumbergera truncata
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[@summerrayneoakes]

When I was filming this, it had no buds, but happy to report it's budding now! :)

[@StaceyHerewegrowagain]

Awe I'm so happy she started to bud, I knew she would for you soon🤗 I can't wait for the buds on mine to get bigger and start opening. Quick question, I didn't hear you say anything about pollinating the seeds from the flower and I was wondering if you could pollinate the flowers on this type of plant? I grow mine in about 4 hrs of morning sun and she does really well here in Central Florida. She likes a little afternoon break because we get so much excessive heat and humidity.. luckily the winters are beautiful here.

[@dannyboii9117]

@@StaceyHerewegrowagain Checkout Lynn's videos from Desert Plants Of Avalon :) Or Danielle Tells. It takes about a year for the fruit to rippen 😅.

[@OhSidney]

Would love to see photos of the flowers :)

[@johnhorchler5447]

My mom passed away in October and she left me a Thanksgiving cactus and a Christmas cactus when I found it it was rekindle I gave them some water put I let them dry out so what do I do now and I think my mom put them into dirt so I will get cactus stuff to repot them. And if anyone sees this help me out thank you..

[@frankhannaway]

Two of mine are over 30 years old. They were passed down to me from my grandmother who passed away in 1989. I think they were old plants then. They always bloom.

[@autumn88shade]

When I started watching your channel, I had less than 5 plants; now I have over 100! You have helped me to realize that I can actually do something with my love of plants, and now I'm working on starting a small business! Keep up the great work!

[@anthonylewis62]

suzanne here, that being one of my fav plants, for over 40 years, is a thanksgiving cactus, they love orchid bark, half soil, tons of them in my house, i live in the southern US and i keep most of mine outside in summer where our temps hit over 100 and very high humidity, this year i put half my stock outside, and they are going absolutely nuts, i do not bring them in, at all till after first frost, because that sets their buds, the only thing that kills them is over watering and lack of humidity, they love to be misted indoors every day, i have about 50 plus in my collection as they are my fav house plants, those and snake plants

[@44Jupiter44]

I wish I could attach a picture here. I have a huge one that blooms explosively peach color flowers every year around Thanksgiving/Christmas. Stunning!

[@V-vinifera]

They do get wooden. I inherited my grandma's and it is gigantic, almost treelike. I wonder how old it is, but surely 15 years or more

[@t0ad120]

My mother just recently gave me my Grandmother's old Christmas cactus. It's tree like as well. Not sure on how old the plant is, but it's been in the family for at least 34 years :) not sure beyond that.

[@jeffwilson4010]

I have 2 Thanksgiving cacti that just bloomed. I also have one Christmas cactus. All three are 34 years old. I have many cuttings from them i give as gifts over the holidays

[@Botruc]

These plants are super tough!! I highly recommend it for newbies. I inherited one form my grandma and it survived all the bad care I gave it. It was in a tiny pot without any drainage and I repotted it only after around 10 years (the plant was super top heavy with stems longer than 1 meter). I also over watered it often and it still thrived! They can take more water than regular cactus. Now that I know more about plants, I am more carefull with it but it's reassuring to know that it will take a lot of neglect. The only thing I did right was to give it a lot of bright sunlight. Now it's in full bloom and it's gorgeous!

[@hollyhasegawa6095]

Awesome! a plant I do have and actually I have a 25 plus year old one that was my mother's, it might be older than than, she is not around to ask, the other one is 15 years old, the older ones do get the woody stem, and they are so easy to propagate, I do have a few others that are the Christmas and one that I think could be the Easter cactus. I have mine growing in a south east facing window, pulled back a couple of feet, they love where they are so I won't move them. I do live in the north, in Idaho, we have harsh winters. Other than that I have had no problem growing them and they bloom whenever they are ready. I love all of them. Thanks so much Summer for sharing this plant, have a great day and I will see you tomorrow, bye for now.

[@supergabee]

I'm Brazilian and just found out about this plant today, when I went to home depot and fell absolutely in love with it. So, I came home and started researching about it and am finding very amusing that Summer is saying that this plant is native to Brazil. 😁

[@winterwillows2056]

I have one of this variety. Named her Oat-C. (Over Achiever Thanksgiving - Cactus) The first year I had her, she bloomed for Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years, Valentines day, St Patrick's day and Easter! She was a section of a friends cactus that came off when the parent plant was dropped. The section was poked into the ground, outside, in her fairy garden and pretty much forgotten over summer. In the fall, she potted her up and brought her over to me. I feed Oat-C the same as I do the rest of my plants and little plantlets. I water her about half as often, or when she feels quite dry. Up until a couple of weeks ago, she was still in the garden soil my friend originally used, three years ago. That was halfway down in the pot, now, so I gently picked her out, leaving the original soil around the roots and added fresh under and around her, so she's sitting 'up' in her pot. She must not have minded the 'move' because she has lots of new growth, again! She's several feet back from a west facing window, under a grow light from sunset til around midnight and seems to like the arrangement!

[@bershelleparks5035]

My mother-in-law has one from the 1960s. It's huge and has woody stems now at the base now, it's well over two feet wide and just a monster. 😂 She gave me some trimmings and they have rooted and now I have a baby to grow myself. And the flowers are so pretty.

[@elizabethpitsor-halcrow4211]

Hi Summer!! I have been waiting for this video!! Thanks so much!! I have a small one and then a leaf fell off and I somehow managed to propagate it!! So now I have two little ones! I'm up to 16 plants now! I love this channel, it is very helpful for us beginner plant moms!

[@summerrayneoakes]

Glad you're enjoying Beth. And well done on the propagation! I will have more Schlumbergera coming on the channel since it's the season for them!

[@xfortunesquex]

These are such tough little plants. I had one in the same (too large) pot for 4 years and sparsely watered it. It was dormant until I ran my humidifier last winter, and then, it put out a dozen or so new leaves. I'm not sure why I got into really caring for my houseplants, but whatever the case, repotting it was a big part of my to-do list. I repotted a month ago and it's just surviving right now. Maybe it's just adjusting to its new pot. I am very proud of it, regardless :)

[@user-hw4hf2zb3t]

how’s it doing now?

[@andrewcorbett2936]

My wife and I have had a Thanksgiving cactus for 13 years. It sits in the corner of our living room next to a south facing window and it loves it. The cactus blooms 4 to 5 times a year. It has also been in the same pot for the last 10 years and seems to like being root bound. It gets watered once a week and has thrived

[@kathymacomber4502]

Inherited a decades old Christmas cactus..maybe over 30 years old..when my Mom died. Sentimental plant.

[@summerrayneoakes]

Very nice that you have it as a reminder of her.

[@kathymacomber4502]

I know my sisters said they didn’t want it..I was very glad they didn’t 😉

[@traceyg2703]

That's so lovely! I also inherited my mom's Hawaiian Ti plant about 12 years ago when she became ill, and it is now approximately 60 years old! I keep hoping Summer will do a video on them too.

[@kathymacomber4502]

I’m glad others value what our Moms loved.

[@asholesmith2014]

I got a start from my grandmother.. she got hers from her great grandfather.. so this Thanksgiving cactus is generations in the making. 🖤🖤🖤 It's one of my favorites.

[@carolynbotting8658]

I water my Christmas cactus occasionally with leftover black coffee, it seems to green them up and Give them a boost!

[@tylervanmeter5628]

I just took a clipping of my grandmother's plant and it just rooted in orchid bark and bonsai mix. I put a little African violet mix around the clipping just to give it a boost and so I may stop watering it so much. It looks quite sad and weak, but it must be doing okay if it's developing roots. I have it in the basement next to other plants under artificial light. I have it about a foot away from a normal light bulb and it seems to do quite well. I joke with my boyfriend that since every mother seems to have one of these, now I have doomed us into parenthood by allowing this to take root in my home. I am loving these jungle cacti.

[@johnjhill3]

I've had the same sort of cactus for several years. I think it was a reddish color but . . . that's how long since it flowered for me. Odd, because I've had Schlumbergera-types since I was young and they seemed to flower easily. So I dug around. Seems they need a seasonal treatment similar to Poinsettias to trigger flowering. Condensing four videos I just watched, there are three requirements to get blooms in *eight to twelve weeks:* A) -- Cooler nights, about 55F or so (but not below 40F.) B) -- 12 to 14 hours of DARKNESS every day! C) -- Keep it on the dry side, perhaps even near-extreme dryness. Fertilizing with a high "P" value at the start of the process will promote flowering. But don't fertilize after starting, since you'll be keeping it on the very dry side and you don't want salt-burning. Here is a nice professional run-thru: kzbin.info/www/bejne/g5WnqIdsesqemZI

[@summerrayneoakes]

Poinsettias are a little more temperamental than Schlumbergera... I'll have a video coming out on that next week. Awesome for sharing your synthesized information here too Frank!

[@StaceyHerewegrowagain]

Thank you so much Summer! I've been trying to find the exact name to this plant because there are so many varieties of them. She's absolutely beautiful! Mine is about to flower, she has such cute little buds all around the tops of her foilage and I can't wait!

[@emby_mb]

Yeah, my mother has 3 of them and I have one. Love this plant. they are blooming right now.

[@benjamintogel4215]

thanks for sharing this. I actually always thought “no, I don’t going to buy it, it’s not special, it’s old fashioned, I don’t need it” but now I want one 😂 and as they’re everywhere right now, I may buy one soon 🤓

[@marypolk9820]

I just got one last thankshgiving. It was in full bloom of white. It's doing great so far

[@Nhoj31neirbo47]

Along with darkness at night and cool temperatures, keeping them on the dry side in fall, say September through Thanksgiving, helps stimulate flower bud formation.

[@summerrayneoakes]

Thanks for the added tips!

[@juliewayteck6194]

Mine was a gift I received last year. It’s small. I’m clueless when it comes to cacti but am growing fond of them. I heard a trick about giving weak black coffee to poinsettia’s so I tried it with my cacti….it bloomed! One single blossom. It’s hanging on and I’m searching how to care for it. Glad I found your video. Fingers crossed as I believe I need to repot it very soon.

[@desireedusseau1769]

I potted 2 into one pot bigger than yours. I used succulent soil, bark blend with chunks of pumice, and topped it with seed starter. It is huge and blooms from late Nov to early Feb! Both are starting to get woody at the base.

[@marisamarie1837]

I just acquired some clippings of this plant and I’m thinking of planting them in Leca.

[@greenbeanroyals]

I have one that I've had for maybe 12 to 14 years now. I named her big Mama because she my oldest plant. Right now she's blooming. 👍🏾

[@barbll000]

I love all these flowering cacti. My Christmas cacti are in bloom right now which is always lovely.

[@summerrayneoakes]

I just picked up one from my garden center that has these really beautiful pastel creamcicle color blooms. No one picked it up for 2 weeks, so I did!

[@traceyg2703]

I'm inspired by all of the comments about people's thriving geriatric Xmas cactus! I had no idea they could last so long. I have one small one indoors that I tend to forget about, because it's sort of bedraggled and blah looking for most of the year. But it's at least 7 years old, and still blooms lovely pink flowers every year. I'm sorry to report I have never fertilized it, so maybe next growing season I will start. I got a bigger one last year with white blooms, but moved it outside after the holiday, ( and honestly wasn't expecting it to survive). I put it under my Black Bamboo forest in the yard last year, and now it's out there blooming like crazy! P.S. I always think of spider plants as the "everyone has one" plant! ( I can't stop my compulsion to propagate the pups - and I literally have 30+ potted spider plants now. Lol.).

[@heatherpink75]

I have mine in my west facing bathroom window and is very happy there. 😊🌿❤️

[@Padraigan13]

Schlumbergera is a small genus of cacti with six to nine species found in the coastal mountains of south-eastern Brazil. :)

[@anthonylewis62]

Suzanne here, i been growing these for 45 plus years, i have many many of them, and i was wondering why do you have it in such a large pot???? they do not bloom as well if they are in largers pots, they prefer being pot bound

[@deonabonmai2415]

I really love this flower. I have 5 types of this cactus.. Christmas cactus, Easter cactus, Thanksgiving cactus and two other type.. one is white yellowish colour and the other one is red colour. Which is of 4- 5 year.. And this plant is the best and easiest way to care.

[@SuperChicChick]

Appropriate timing~~^^ have so many of these!

[@wiandryadiwasistio2062]

regarding the plant's existence in southeast asia, yes, they're grown a lot here in my country; in fact, there're lots of varieties to choose, but the most well-known are the ones which bloom shiny white flowers in midnight, here we call them _'wijaya kusuma',_ and they grow massive. lovely plants, and in par with spider plant, snake plant, and zz plant as 'the plant parents inherit to their children'

[@maddart4445]

I love the split screen

[@daleandrews3552]

Hello Summer. I'm Dale Andrews from Lake Charles, LA. We enjoy a classic subtropical climate here with only a few (4 or 5) light freezes per winter ranging from 28-32 degrees with no snow; maybe one night in 20 years! Everyone celebrates, builds snowmen etc. and the schools close, as we have no snow plows! Any

[@chelseamullins7000]

I have one of these! It just started flowering these gorgeous white flowers💮😍

[@barblester826]

They also like to be a bit pot bound

[@BabanIllustration]

I keep mine in lower light for most of the year, I leave it until after it should be starting to flower to bring it out close to a window. It kicks back the Blooming period by a few weeks so I get flowers around Christmas instead of November

[@rotay701]

I’ve had a thanksgiving for about 2 years, I bought it as a birthday present for my mom, I’ve had it outside from the start and it’s grown more than twice it’s size and blooms like crazy. It’s been raining a lot lately so I know it’s been getting a LOT of water so I’ve been debating if I should move it but so far it still looks pretty healthy, it drains well. The only time I was concerned with having it outside was when we had snow last year for about a month even though I live in the Bay Area 😱 the cold look like it left tiny scorched marks scattered on it but for the majority it was fine. I have I think a small Easter one too id say it’s around 3-4 inches tall, got it a year ago and has hardly grown and hasn’t bloomed since I got it, I keep it next to the thanksgiving one. Learning now that they like it indoors too so maybe the Easter plant would be happier inside?

[@elainefigueira1]

I inherited my mother's! I know it like mayflower. Yes it's Brazilian specie! Like me 🤣🌸💚

[@johnjhill3]

(Specie means coin money. A single member of a Genus is a species. One of those words, like "deer", that is both singular and plural, with context showing which case.)

[@elainefigueira1]

@@johnjhill3 thank you.

[@greenheart853]

My Thanksgiving cactus leaves are so small..I give it bright light.. good watering and fertilizer too..but still small leaf... what's the problem with my plant.. please help me

[@Thiscouldbeyou]

My parents have generational Christmas or Thanksgiving cactuses, I'm sure they're all at least 30 years old. Dozens of flowers when they do bloom, they're probably also in the same soil they were planted in long ago. They're all in central Alberta, Canada - so fairly extreme light conditions. They're tough plants!

[@maleahjacobs9678]

Finally a really experienced and knowledgeable channel. New sub here. Thank you for all the deep dive info including pronunciations.

[@elijahensor2891]

Speaking of mothers and grandmothers, my great-grandmother who is 94 has several, and i have some cuttings from her plants. The very old variety that she has is very thined leaved, with the pointy "crabs claws" on the ends of the segments only. Hers bloom almost year round.

[@gerff]

I have them all over my house. The one in my western facing window bloomed first(about 4 feet from the window) but it’s sister another two feet inward has not. A couple in my southern window started a couple of weeks ago. Northern just bloomed and southern just about a week ago.

[@Banano91f]

Thanks for sharing 🙏

[@VildaThea99]

I got one from my boyfriends mom, she got it after she birthed him, so its almost 21 years, it has yellow flowers though, and it has only bloomed once for me :)

[@nanac6515]

My aunt keeps hers in very low light and waters it very little once every week to two weeks and it still has big beautiful blooms every year and looks healthy

[@poples5799]

Mine didn't grow much for many years, but finally it's started to grow more new stems! I think I needed to find the right spot for them. But they've flowered beautifully each year. Btw, mine get a bit reddish at the edges of the stems if they get too much light.

[@acerone10]

Mine has been in water for over 20 years. It's in an east window. It never bloomed but it is still green.

[@alicebell]

Mine flowered the entire November and it had so many flowers that I thought it was infested with thrips, but it was all the flower pollen that has fallen all over the leaves. I keep it in the NW facing window, sometimes in SE facing window as well, I let it dry out between the waterings and water and fertilise it moderately.

[@JohnJames.]

Good refresh on a classic, they're also good for grafting cactus onto

[@eugine8230]

We also have that in mountains of Luzon island here in Philippines they're growing in cold moist temperature in the middle of jungle.

[@ladyalaina42]

I live in Tampa and keep over watering! This year they bloomed at Christmas though it's a Thanksgiving catcus! Due to over watering my plants sometimes rot a bit and now they are finishing blooming they look dry in parts?? Can't be! What is happening?

[@shilpav1715]

I'm from India,I have the same cactus.

[@anthonylewis62]

eveyone says they are easy as i said i have been growing them for over 40 years and i never found them easy but they are one of my fav house plants, and rooting them in water is the way to go, never put one just in the soil, they will rot. i keep mine under grow lights, because i dont care if they bloom or not, just as long as they are healthy

[@Charity-vm4bt]

Thank you! I would love to know how to reflower. I bought three in California in July that are salmon and in full bloom. Two that I bought at Thanksgiving were red with white throats. But they rebloomed white! I think they are from a nursery in southern California. I will put one that did not flower on a dark shelf after watching this.

[@bjfifi]

Oh I have the buckleyi true Christmas cactus

[@jameswalker3416]

They look really good when there tide up so u get almost branches coming of ever inch or 2.

[@coleman318]

[@teresanicole9005]

I have mine outside where it gets indirect morning light, it’s been in the same place since I bought it a little over 3 years ago. Overall it’s a very healthy plant and it gets new growth and it blooms vibrate red flowers. It blooms from Halloween right into the New Year. The leaves instantly turned burgundy after it’s first growing season. I just learned that the leaves should not be burgundy, oops 😬 However, I do not fertilize it. Is that the reason for the burgundy leaves? It does really well otherwise that I never thought to question the coloring...

[@summerrayneoakes]

I'll be doing a video on coloring next week. Stay tuned!

[@autumn88shade]

Burgundy leaves on a Thanksgiving cactus is a sign of too much sun/direct light. Try moving your plant back from the light source a bit, and the color should return to green after some time.

[@lucasoneil8997]

I had one that was super purple and when I repotted it it turned green again. Maybe it's potbound? Though the comment above suggests it's too much light. Use your judgement!

[@garyschoelkopf7936]

I live in Orlando so conditions outside are perfect. I have mine outside under my front entrance, morning sun then light but I do get pests so I spray

[@mikanbauer]

2:15 Give Thanksgiving Cactus a well-draining soil mixture. It is a jungle cactus and has higher humidity. 2:40 Easy to propagate - plant in potting medium mix using a few of the end stems after they callus off 3:00 Water in proportion to the light it receives 3:45 Fertilize with a gentle cacti fertilizer on a monthly / quarterly basis / as much as biweekly (depends on how much it is growing) Thanks Summer!

[@plantsandpiggies7758]

I have this outside hanging from my balcony. It gets morning eastern direct sun and is mostly then in shade.

[@lorenajb4111]

Do you live it outside year-round? Would you mind sharing the cold , if any, temperature where you live?

[@plantsandpiggies7758]

@@lorenajb4111, Hi, I live in Sydney and it is a sub tropical climate between 40 and 5 degrees (in celsius)

[@lorenajb4111]

It is pretty much the same here in FL. Thank you so much for the reply. I just bought one at the grocery store and was wondering if it could stay outdoors. Good to know it is ok for it to stay out. It will also be on the east side too. 🤗

[@plantsandpiggies7758]

@@lorenajb4111 great! all the best!

[@rootedinplants]

I want to get my hands on a salmon color (blooms) holiday cactus.... Where can I find one?

[@weareorigin]

Online sellers have them in lots of colors

[@chrisbrady8186]

We have one that has grown drastically over the year that we've had it. But, what happens when we can't have the temperature fall (drop) or provide the long nights (darkness)? Will it still bloom? Or, can we hopefully assume that since it's growing like crazy, it will produce flowers? Here it is past Thanksgiving, and nothing but new growth, no signs of budding.

[@kathymacomber4502]

No pests ever..goes outside after frost and never watered by me and brought in before first frost.. I have about6 very large plants ( yellow red pink orange fushia ) all bloom like crazy. Tough plant

[@summerrayneoakes]

I just picked up one with the most beautiful creamcicle hues. Couldn't resist!

[@melissamcclain9579]

Are you doing an episode on Huperzia? Please....?

[@sindhu7009]

Yessss please! I watched James ipy's video tour atleast 10 times and then I commented on here for a request. I've been growing 5 species and they're doing very well but i'd like to know different ways of growing them!

[@aida087]

Oh thank you for this video Summer just in time too!! I purchased a small one just before Thanksgiving and it had many buds!! Since then I've had it under a grow light a few feet from my southeast-facing window and sadly it dropped all of it's buds but now getting tiny new pinkish buds I believe. I read somewhere that because they're short day plants that they need at least 15 hours of darkness, is that true? Thank you for any input Summer!!💖😁🙏-

[@crochetingaroundnewzealand]

Funny how different hemispheres use different names. We call them zygocactus down here 😊 I love mine

[@Kaienhere]

This plant do well in an orchid bark mix

[@michael1967ize]

Sumner how long do I wait to plant a cutting? Do I need to wait for it to callus?

[@barblester826]

She said in her vid to let it callus ...

[@carolyncollier1589]

Mine was doing well, now it is very limp and looks like it’s dying…what can I do?

[@jokiestay]

i have 2 schlumbergeras one is blooming perfectly and is realy sturdy but the other one is a bit flopy with not that many buds. Should i just fertalize it or is there another problem?

[@stockinettestitch]

I have one, sort of lackluster but it’s growing slowly. It flowers right at Thanksgiving time. I’m wondering if you know what the tiny, barely noticeable white...things🤷‍♀️ are that grow out of some of the leaves. I wish I could post a pic. They remind me of short cilia.

[@iddybiddyladybugleeza262]

I can grow these outside but not inside 🤷🏻‍♀️ I did get a really big one years ago & it got scale 🥺 and I couldn’t save it, but I tried again with smaller ones & they’re good outside (I’m in California outside LA)

[@astridexplorer5096]

I am curious about scale and wondered if you could tell me more? I have a Thanksgiving cactus that was my mother's, probably almost 20 years old now. It has very woody stems, and has done very well with light watering once a week. It has always flowered beautifully with large dark pink blossoms everywhere. This year, the stems started falling off of it. I have tried watering it less, watering it more, feeding it, and finally transplanting it into a larger pot, but nothing seems to stop the stems from falling off. Perhaps it is sick?

[@XxxXxx-cs9bv]

I dont understand, i just water them and they bloom 4 times a year. Is it really a schlumbergera? Is it normal?

[@fancynancy2134]

I bought mine from someone, who didn't take good care of it. It was laying down and when I took over, now it's standing up. Original owner doesn't have a proper drain pot. Can I repot it in a drain pot even it's starting to bloom? I had it for a month or so. 🤷‍♀️

[@gloriajansevanrensburg2393]

My sister has one in a hanging basket outside hanging from a tree branch semi shade, and it is full of blooms I thought this was an indoor plant

[@allisonreed6391]

I gave 4 of the Xmas cacktus I keep them in my bathroom I got one that the flowers drop of its now November in the UK how much light and water do they need I placed one on my glass dining room table where it gets light but it's not in bud any help or advise will be helpful thank u

[@mullerlarco]

I have two that just really don't look too good. All but one bud fell off before flowering and the leaves on one just don't seem healthy at all. Any advice? I'm not sure where I've gone wrong

[@carolynbotting8658]

Try watering it with a bit of leftover black coffee, I do this to mine when it starts to look poorly and it greens and perks right up

[@shnuggumz]

I can’t keep one of these alive to save my life! Everyone says how easy it is, however mine are never happy and always dehydrate and wilt away. I have had absolutely zero success with this plant although I have a green thumb and many others. I

[@iftikharhusain6286]

Good Morning

[@jeannemariebooth1121]

Bracts rather than leaves.

[@AnneOnymaus]

They're not bracts: they're phylloclades or cladodes.

[@anthonylewis62]

perfect for them is east or north

[@jahpickney2640]

Cutest presenter out there

[@michael1967ize]

I have it next to my bed in my bedroom about 2 feet away from my window.How often should I water it?

[@nemeczek67]

The old ones look different. Their segments do not have saw-like edges but are smooth and wavy.

[@AnneOnymaus]

The smooth-edged plants are a different species: Schlumbergera buckleyi. S. truncata has sharper 'teeth' on its segments.

[@nemeczek67]

@@AnneOnymaus When I made this comment 3 years ago I probably meant older species not specimens. At least in my country, the older species is not being sold commercially anymore. No idea why.

[@TheKonga88]

My queen ant laid eggs in my cactus pot..🐜🐜🐜🐜👸🏼👸🏼🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🥳🥳🎅🎃🤭🤭🤶🎈🎈🎈⛄☃️🌧⛄🎅🎅🥳

[@tropicalmn8502]

A little bit more less light?? Really?

[@stardoll1995]

I used to have 3 of these outside when I was little but I let them die off unfortunately. 😧 I got a new one this year and she's doing fine honestly although she has little flower growth points but the flowers haven't developed yet. 😕

[@anthonylewis62]

they do not like to be over potted, they need small pots and to be root bound to bloom,

[@brookebain7250]

you look beautiful today

[@charlesmaunder]

(Meticulous) Might have been a better choice.

[@mounag8518]

So i have this plant for like 8 years and the name is Schlumbergera? I love the name. I mistreat mine so bad, always in damp soil, no drainage and its growing like crazy

[@OhSidney]

I find them very difficult to take care of. It's hard to figure out the soil type, light and water requirements. Not to mention the quantity of light and temperature for them to bloom. Definitely not a plant for beginners.

[@mikisteiner1237]

ALL the CACTI femaly came's from the. New. World

[@lelandsmith2320]

Yes, one species of rhipsalis is the only cactus native to both new world and Africa/Sri Lanka. Others may be introduced or escaped populations.