Christmas Cactus flower

Cyclops · Post by **Cyclops** » Sun Dec 03, 2006 1:48 pm

Not the best flower shot I've ever taken but its appropriate for the season!

Ken Ramos · Post by **Ken Ramos** » Sun Dec 03, 2006 2:28 pm

You know I have never heard of a Christmas Cactus but I suppose its all a matter of where you live. Pretty nice.

Cyclops · Post by **Cyclops** » Sun Dec 03, 2006 2:51 pm

Ken Ramos wrote:You know I have never heard of a Christmas Cactus but I suppose its all a matter of where you live. Pretty nice.

Wow, you never seen these for sale at this time of year or Easter?
Very popular things.

MacroLuv · Post by **MacroLuv** » Sun Dec 03, 2006 2:55 pm

Very nicely captured for the 2MP phone camera.

Known as Holiday Cactus, Thanksgiving Cactus, Christmas Cactus or Easter Cactus because you can often find them on the market about Holidays. Merchants forced them to flower at particular time. A Schlumbergera genus, somewhere known as Zygocactus or Rhipsalidopsis or even Epiphyllum. What a mess!

Cyclops · Post by **Cyclops** » Sun Dec 03, 2006 3:00 pm

Yup, those are the ones Nikola, although Rhipsalidopsis and Epiphyllum are two very different cacti.(Epiphyllums are usually white and flower at night, and so are scented)
All epiphytic of course,like bromeliads, growing on trees etc, but each has diferent type of flowers.

I think Zygocactus is the old name for what is now Schlumbergera, which is the one I have.

beetleman · Post by **beetleman** » Mon Dec 04, 2006 2:51 pm

very nice capture with your phone Cyclops. I love the colors on these plants...mine just got finished with flowering.

Cyclops · Post by **Cyclops** » Mon Dec 04, 2006 3:26 pm

Talking of cacti, the wind last night has wrecked my greenhouse totally! Its now like a flat pack on the lawn and all my plants drenched! Not happy!
Luckily my xmas cactus is indoors!