How to Care for Holiday Cactus
This time of year, you’ll find many holiday-specific plants, including Cyclamen, Poinsettia, Amaryllis, and of course, holiday cactus. Each kind of holiday cactus typically flowers around the holiday it’s named for; Thanksgiving cactus in bloom now, followed by the Christmas cactus later in the season, then Easter or Spring cactus . Known collectively as holiday cacti, all three are native to Brazil’s natural forests. An easy way to identify each cactus type is to look at the end of the stem. Thanksgiving cactus stems have claw-like edges while the Christmas variety is rounder. If you have a plant that came from a cutting off your grandmother’s fifty-year-old cactus, it’s most likely one or the other. While there are only a few varieties in the original group of cacti, several cultivars have been developed which has expanded the range of colors available . ...