Flowers Growing at our Home

Christmas Cactus

Schlumbergera bridgesii often sold as Zygocactus truncatus Old favorite. Arching, drooping branches are made up of flattened, scalopp-edged, smooth, bright green, spineless, 1 1/2-in. joints. Grown right, plants nay be 3 ft. across and mat have hundreds of many petaled, long-tubed, 3-inch-long, rosy purplish red flowers. To insure bud set for late December bloom, keep plant where it will receive cool night temperatures (50-55F) and 12-14 hours of darkness per day during November. Ours gets to bloom when it wants to bloom. It chose to bloom in April.