I agree with Carol except about the Christmas Cactus. I just cannot get Christmas Cactus to grow for me. They seem to fall apart and rot for me. And yet I have seen a really big one blooming a few doors down from me. I think I have Christmas Cactus Black Thumb.
I converted to hanging pots a couple of years ago. For some years I grew them in regular pots and tried to grow them upright with posts. Then I found the long branches dragging along the plant bench and the bloom did not like that. I find that even in hanging pots some like to shoot a branch skywards from time to time.
