Thanks everyone ... I love the soft pink color of these blooms.

That is just outstanding.

Thanks JB. It's one I bought at a local grocery store a few years ago.

I can find every plant under the sun available here but why not this one? I need to dig deeper into these nurseries.
Regards,
Arif.

:hurray:
I had given up on my True Xmas cactus blooming this winter but found some buds forming yesterday.
if it get blooms will put up a pic
cliff

What a nice surprise! Looking good. Be sure to show us a picture of the blooms.

Very nice! I see some buds and I bet they will open soon.

My true CC (which the Cactus professionals tell me it is not) bloomed very little this year also, but it was because I took so many cuttings from it that I fouled up the blooming season. This shots are from today's blooms. Whatever it is, I just love it.






Have a very Happy New Year and enjoy your cactus, no matter what they are, they are yours and you love them.

Yay!!!! Gorgeous blooms everyone!

Looking forward to pics of your blooms when they open up Cliff!!

JB, that looks like a true Christmas cactus to me!!

JB: That is a wonderful plant! From descriptions I've read lately regarding the Holiday Cactus, your plant does look more like Schlumbergera x buckleyi rather than S. truncata.

JB said:My true CC (which the Cactus professionals tell me it is not) bloomed very little this year also, but it was because I took so many cuttings from it that I fouled up the blooming season. This shots are from today's blooms. Whatever it is, I just love it.






Have a very Happy New Year and enjoy your cactus, no matter what they are, they are yours and you love them.

JB
Is this the 1 you call Petra's Pink? If so, I Bought some of them from you last year,but they are not showing any sign of budding so far.
There is too much white showing to be the True Xmas 1 The Bucklei is all magenta w/white tube and lighter macenta shade where yours is white. Did any of the "Cactus Professionals" give you a idea of what it is? It is a Buckleyi type Hybrid of the group that include the 1 called Le Vesuv which a lot of dealers are selling as "True Xmas Cactus". Here is a English site that has a little info on these and a few cuttings for sale listed but no pic of the plants http://www.jhorobin.freeserve.... scroll to the bottom and click back to Home Page.
There is also a pic of a plant a lot of ebay sellers are using now to sell plants. i did email the site owner and asked for permission to upload a pic.
cliff

Cliff, if those cuttings are not doing well, let me know and I will send you more. As for the plant, Cactiguide.com are the ones I sent the pictures of Petra's Pink with my concerns that I was selling it as a True CC and did not want to mislead anyone or misrepresent any of my plants.
First glance was that the sire adm. "davi" said "I think you have a genuine CC there. as in Schlumbergera x buckleyi. He was 99% sure, but he went on to say the ujtimate key is that the flowers will be radially symmetriical as opposed to the bilateral symmetry of S. Truncata. He said "wait until the floeres open fully, pollen and stamina should have a pink-magenta color if it is a S russeliana(and if I am correctly informed) it is very very rare in cultivation and it is much more likely you have a hybrid."

luddhus, another person on the site said" As Daiv indicated, that is the typical shape of the (true) Christmas cactus. The differencces are not obvious and many "russelliana" offered for sale are actualy "buckleyi! Not even professional growers can be trusted on this"

So, I stopped advertising it as a S. russelliana and merely call it a hybrid...that way I am safe when selling it. I wish I knew how to look at a flower and tell is it symmetrical or what ever it is. That still confuses me I guess because I do not understand what symmetrical is, no matter how often I go over it and try. If anyone has a simple way of explaining it to me I would love to hear it. My dead old brain just will not grasp it.

I would love to get my hands on some of those cuttings from the English man but they would never pass inspection into New Jersey. If anyone decides to order any of them, please let me know and I will send you the money , etc. for some for me. Then I can get them from someone in the USA. No problem.
Happy New year to all of you and thank you so much for all your input and information on these plants. I am never too old to learn. JB

Jacque,
I was only asking if that was the plant that the cuttings came from. because i hadn't seen a bloom yet. Now i know what i am looking to ID
I put the 2 smallest in a basket with my normal dirt mix and followed others advise for a smaller pot That 1 died off.. Here is pic of plants in oversize basket, So much for following that advise again for me ! What everyone seems to forget is there was another round of Hybrids from the 70,80 and 90's. This plant is certainly a Buckleyi Hybrid Did you see the plant pic on the main page toward the bottom. Might be a hybrid from that. If i find anything out will let you know
clifft.

I know Cliff, I was not offended or annoyed I just want you to know I will be happy to send you more cuttings if those do not do well. No problem, honestly. I just love that old plant and am so disappointed we do not have the real name for it. We will never know I guess.

Did you see that other orchid cactus I got from the same lady. This woman was from South Africa and loved her cactus, she left them to me when she died. The orchid cactus was so big they had to cut off half of the bottom to get it into the car that delivered it here. I gave those cuttings to my friend who has a farmers Market and studied at Longwood Garden in PA, and she and her assistant were selling them this year. They are beautiful plants and they are now in hanging basket pots of about 12 inches. Here is a picture of that one. The same group of people have ID her. Here is the link: http://www.cactiguide.com/cact...

They also stated that her parents are these. One they said is common in cultivation, one is almost nonexistent. While the true D. ackermanii is even more rare.

http://www.cactiguide.com/cact...
http://www.cactiguide.com/cact...

Not sure you even care about Orchid Cactus, but I found this one extremely interesting especially since it came from this woman and God knows where she got them. The cuttings are really ugly but the flower is gigantic and beautiful.




Sorry for getting so wordy, I hope you have a wonderful day. I also hope those links show you what they are supposed to. When I looked at the preview it had some of the link cut off and I could not get it to do otherwise. At least I tried.

*Wow* Jaques - yet another beautiful plant!

I started looking at this thread which wasn't the first time but of course i can't help but look at all the pictures every time i come here!!! There are some beautiful plants & blooms on this thread, i have to say good going to you all.

JB,I've seen that picture before & i never get tired of them flowers,so pretty.

When is the best time to re-pot cc's? I know you can prune them after blooming but should you wait until spring to re-pot? Does anyone have a preference to plastic or terra cotta pot for CC's?

I am full of questions this evening,i have some plants that i have no idea of their names,i mean in both ways botanical & bloom color.I need to look up how to tell the difference in the types of Schlumbergera's. If anyone has any idea of the names of these plants,it would be appreciated.I wish i had taken pictures with getting them IDed in mind!!!

This cutting was on the floor at wal-mart and they were sweeping,just before the guy swept them up i asked if i could have them since they were trash bound.I took it home & they were still plump & healthy looking hadn't even formed a good callous but i went ahead & put it in some soil,it had been in the soil about a week maybe when the bud opened.I had misted it once i think.None of the pots on the shelf had names besides zygocactus or simply christmas cactus.





is that one considered yellow or gold? I call it gold.

Beautiful, lucky you. Just give them some time then see the show.
Regards,
Arif.
Another fan by the way.

Joe, I think I send you the link with the different types leaves on it. If not, I know it is in my Cubit. Take a look under the Schlum forum and see if it is there. It may help you learn about how to ID. Of course, if you are like me it will not do you much good. I still am trying to figure out the difference in the actual flowers. I must be stupid because I am not doing very well.

Have to run. Have a good day.