JB--
I have had a re easter cactus forever! Of course--this and the white one have not been
doing too well.
My biggest experiment was to see if I could, actually, grow new PINK ones from tip cuttings.
Seems they are all happily growing under my seed set-up lights--and are thriving in the little,
plastic condiment cups and the warmth helps--as there are shop-lights above--and my
heat vent on the floor just below the rack.
I think I may be transplanting some of these soon. They have been rooting/growing/
in about 1" of seed Starting Mix. So happy to see them thriving. Not sure how well they
will do when I pot them up in bigger containers.
My motivation was to see if there REALLY is a PINK Easter cactus. The original one--I p/u
at Rite Aid last spring. They had lots of pots of these, full of pink blooming ones for $4.99.
I also wanted to know it there really is a pink cultivar--or if it was dyed--in some way.
I think I am about to find out--as one of the "leaf" tips has a pink bud on it.
See picture bottom center. See the bud?
I do have a few WHITE- E.C, among these as well. The original did not do too well.
So--I took a lot of sections to root. Need to do more of these....
