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11-18-2011, 05:31 PM
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Mom's Flowering Cactus
I finally found a picture online to tell me what it is.... it's a Flowering Christmas Cactus.
002.jpg 003.jpg This was at my mother's house and I brought it home. It didn't look very good at all and so I purchased some soil for cactus and put in a food stick and it's looking wonderful. I don't remember seeing it bloomed at Mom's. I have her African Violets too. She had two and after going downhill, they too are coming out of it. I hope they will bloom also. There was a philadendren (sp) that she has kept alive since my father's funeral in 1973...I have it and it's doing much better. I think they got extremely lonely in the house by themselves until I brought them home, repotted and fed them.
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11-18-2011, 05:43 PM
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That's a great gift you have caring for plants, Janet! I can't grow anything, lol! I know your mom would be proud.
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11-18-2011, 09:32 PM
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That's cool!!! Dae Lynn has a Christmas Cactus and it's just starting to bloom only it's either bright pink or red......I can't tell yet.
I love plants. They are one of my hobbies. I would love to have a nice greenhouse to keep them in as well. Lately I've gotten into orchids and I have two that are reblooming and one new one that's blooming. Having a plant since 1973 is a long time!!!! I bet it was really happy to get new potting soil.....that always perks them up!!! I have one that I've had for about 16 years or so. It's a ficus tree and it's pretty big......I also have a small plant that I've had since Feyn was in third grade. His class made terrariums out of plastic pop bottles and this was one of the plants that was included. I talked to the teacher he had back then and told her that I still had the plant and would she want a start off of it and so Dae Lynn took a start to her the other day. I've had this one for almost 30 years!!!! |
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11-18-2011, 11:20 PM
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Wow, I can't even grow grass in any of my yards
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11-19-2011, 04:59 AM
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Lol....Jess you're so funny!
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11-20-2011, 04:40 PM
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There are actually thanksgiving cactus too. They only bloom at thanksgiving or Christmas. There might be an Easter one too. Beautiful and glad you got it.
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