The Christmas Cactus is a cactus with flat, fleshy, anecdotal blooming stems that aftermath generally amazing pink, white, purple, yellow, orange or red flowers. Common Name: Christmas Cactus, Thanksgiving Cactus, Holiday Cactus. Scientific Name: Schlumbergera bridgesii. The blush of the flowers seems to be determined largely by temperature. Acknowledgment temperatures aftermath flowers that are added red or pink. The flowers adhere bottomward from the ends of the stems and a complete bulb has a somewhat awning shape. A adolescent bulb has a added cocked habit. A healthy, well affliction for Christmas cactus developed in a abode can abound to about two anxiety around. The Christmas cactus does best in affluent clay with acceptable arising and so should be placed in a pot with a cesspool aperture at the bottom. Humus should be formed abundantly into the soil. As the bulb does bigger in clay that's a little acidic, peat moss ability additionally be added to it. The pot should additionally be baby about to the admeasurement of the plant. Because it's a cactus, the bulb can abide some dry spells. However, the buyer should be accurate not to over or beneath water the plant. The best way to acquaint if the bulb is accepting abundant baptize is to blow the potting clay with a finger. If the clay is clammy after actuality soggy, again the bulb is appropriately watered. The bulb additionally needs adequately aerial humidity. It ability be a acceptable abstraction to leave a basin or basin of water nearby. A acceptable 20-20-20 (nitrogen, phosphorous and potash) fertilizer is acceptable for Christmas cacti. The bulb can be fertilized alert to four times a year, but shouldn't be fed aloof afore it starts to bud. Unlike a lot of cacti, Christmas cacti don't do able-bodied in absolute sunlight, but won't annual if the ablaze levels are too low. The plant needs continued stretches of black for it to flower. Horticulturists acclaim that the bulb accept at atomic 12 hours of connected black during the abatement to annual by Christmas. The breadth area the bulb is placed should additionally be cool, but not abundant acknowledgment than 50 degrees F, or beginning ability be delayed.
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