This Christmas cactus plant has been in this household since many years back. It was blooming when we lived in Olympus Cove, and it is still doing like it has always done - producing blossoms three or four times a year but rarely on Christmas. They will still continue to bloom for another week or so. They will be gone for Christmas. They will be at their peak for Thanksgiving, however. It is what I would consider as a very old cactus. The dirt around it in the pot feels like it has turned to stone, but the plant still seems to be happy. We will accept the blossoms as often as it wants to produce. There are many buds that haven't opened yet. Most of my plants I rotate about ninety degrees clockwise each week. This plant is so integral to my stair railing that I think it would be too much of a disturbance to try to rotate it. So all I do is feed it and water it. It hasn't shown any signs of old age yet. Maybe I don't even know what old age is for a Christmas Cactus. Well, anyway may these pictures carry to you our thoughts for you to enjoy a Happy Thanksgiving and Merry Christmas (sans blossoms). (I had two photos in this post, and now one of them is gone. It is so frustrating when computers independently think they know more what I want than I do. I try to restore the image, but it doesn't respond to that request, so I guess I will post the blog and forward the image another time if it seems worthy.) gwh
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If you don't like your computer telling you how to do things its way, be glad you don't have a mac!
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