(Schlumbergera segments in water)
When moving three of my Schlumbergera plants last week two different plants lost a couple of leaves. This has happened before but I'm trying a method which is a little different than before. A few days ago I placed them into a plastic pot tray with some water. Now we'll see what happens.

Speaking of my Schlumbergera's, I purchased all of them in the past few months...since prior to that the only personal experience I had with them was the "real" 30-year-old Christmas Cactus (not Thanksgiving Cactus) that my parents own...and also hasn't bloomed for many years. I got a couple of beautiful flowers from my plants, but before I knew it there were no longer any flowers. I know that they had to adjust to a new environment and I probably wasn't giving them the right conditions to continue blossoming, but hopefully by next year I will have figured out how to make them bloom to their greatest potential.

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(Pink Holiday Cactus Flower)
Finally, a post from another creature other than Jordan!! This is the second holiday cactus I bought. The first holiday cactus I bought was from Wal-Mart. The plant looked good on the shelf in the plant section but once I got it home it started losing blossoms and died right then and there. I was devastated so I bought this one from Lowes and this one proved to be a better, happier plant.

I grew up with lots of holiday cacti around so I feel like I have a personal connection to them. Right now my mother has two holiday cacti, one white and one pink with flowers in bloom. The two kittens have not eaten them yet...and hopefully they won't.

(Wow!)
Today my white Holiday Cactus decided to bloom for the first time! I purchased it a few weeks ago and I wasn't 100% sure that it would have pure white flowers, but it does indeed. I just love the flowers since they are so incredibly beautiful. I wish I could have an entire room full of blooming Holiday Cacti!

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