Cahac said:Jacquie,
Have you checked out this Euro site? look for his Queens group.
http://cactus-epiphytes.eu/z_g...
Ladies, Remember "Buckleyi is itself a hybrid of S Truncata x S. Russelliana there are more hybrids like this out there and my understanding is it depends on which parent's genes are the most dominate, determines whether the stems have the hooks (Truncata)or not (Russellian)a
cliff
Yes Cliff, I have used that information in your link many times in answering questions for people. It is a wonderful source. In fact the picture of the different leaves was one of the first ones I used many years ago when I was learning how to tell these beauties apart. Thank you for bringing it up. I have not looked at it for some time and found it good to review.
I also think this link [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schlumbergera[/url] explains the different Groups in a way most people can understand. I found this very helpful also even now when I want to refresh my memory.
I still would love to have a S.russelliana and if I ever got one I think I would sit up and look at it 24/7.
Or else buy a vault for it.
I will show you some of the greens on my old pink plant that started this discussion.
There if no confusion about this plant, it is a S. Buckleyi. I was merely discussing how both the truncata and the russelliana were obvious in the stems, plus I am still not good at telling the difference in the shape of the flowers. I did not mean to confuse anyone. Sorry.
