Re: Christmas cactus

I read somewhere that there is a variety that usually blooms at
Thanksgiving (I have one of those) and another that blooms around
Christmas.  
Bonnie ETN Zone 7


> [Original Message]
> From: Jesse Bell <silverhawk@flash.net>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Date: 3/2/2006 2:33:46 PM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Christmas cactus
>
> Mine do too. And even when I do all the "right things" to get them to
> bloom by "Christmas"...they end up blooming around Thanksgiving, last
> about 2-3 weeks, then poop out till the next year.
>
>   
>
> james singer <islandjim1@verizon.net> wrote:
>   Interesting... because individually ours seem to be on "bloom all at 
> once" schedules--masses of flowers all at once, which last for a couple 
> of weeks, then no more blooms until next year. Must have something to 
> do with indoor/outdoor influences.
>
>
> On Mar 1, 2006, at 6:46 PM, Cathy Carpenter wrote:
>
> > Mine (all indoor, of course!) has several flushes of blooms, from mid
> > fall to mid spring. It is never out of bloom during that period, just
> > periods of "more" and "less".
> >
> > Cathy, west central IL, z5b
> >
> > On Mar 1, 2006, at 11:56 AM, james singer wrote:
> >
> >> All of our zygos--maybe a dozen or more of them--are outdoor
> >> plants. This year, they started blooming around Thanksgiving; two
> >> of the last three, a pink and a white, are just now starting to
> >> bloom. Amazing. I don't know when the last one will get around to it.
> >>
> >>
> >> 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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> 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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