Re: Holiday cactus
I don't have any now, but have always enjoyed them in every color.
Today's paper carried a nearly full page article on the perilous situation
for Opuntia in Mexico. In the US they've kept the moths from invading the
southwest; they've got them stopped at Alabama after they came in via
Florida. But in Mexico they apparently decimated much of these cacti on an
island just 5 mi off the coast near Cancun.
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/world/16213051.htm
Kitty
neIN, Zone 5
----- Original Message -----
From: "james singer" <islandjim1@verizon.net>
To: "Garden Chat" <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Monday, December 11, 2006 12:55 PM
Subject: [CHAT] Holiday cactus
I know the stores are now full of blooming holiday cactus [Schlumbergera
sp]--at least they are here--but the non-forced, unpampered ones growing in
our shady areas and patios are not far behind. They're full of buds [one
has two open flowers] and it's kind of fun to guess what colors the various
plants will bloom. We have one in a basket hanging in the Jamaican cherry
that must have 100 buds; ought to be spectacular if they more or less open
at the same time, whatever their color.
Island Jim
Southwest Florida
27.0 N, 82.4 W
Hardiness Zone 10
Heat Zone 10
Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
Maximum 100 F [38 C]
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