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Christmas cactus with different coloured blooms

December 7, 2007 by Andrea Bellamy 14 Comments

I have had this rather neglected Christmas cactus for years. (So mistreated, in fact, that I call it a Christmas cactus when clearly it is a Thanksgiving cactus—a close relative of the Christmas cactus. This one, with its clawed leaves, is Schlumbergera truncata, while Schlumbergera bridgesii, the Christmas cactus, has notched—rather than pointed—leaf edges.) It’s […]

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