This Christmas cactus gave us wonderful blooms during the holidays. The cuttings for this plant came from my sister Penny. I brought them from Wisconsin to Michigan and potted several cuttings in one pot. The segments of the stems are smooth and scallop shaped. The blossoms are a lovely medium pink.
The flowers remind me of the summertime fuchsia plants that are often sold in hanging baskets in our part of Michigan. Christmas cactuses come from South America and are epiphytes, plants that live in or on other plants, but do not derive their sustenance from the host plant (a parasitic plant like mistletoe will kill the host plant).
Copyright 2012
Wanda Hayes Eichler
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