{"id":101,"date":"2011-12-28T12:00:09","date_gmt":"2011-12-28T17:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=101"},"modified":"2011-12-24T13:19:36","modified_gmt":"2011-12-24T18:19:36","slug":"grow-and-re-bloom-christmas-cactus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2011\/12\/28\/grow-and-re-bloom-christmas-cactus\/","title":{"rendered":"Grow And Re-bloom Christmas Cactus"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2509\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/IMG_5213.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2509\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2509\" title=\"IMG_5213\" src=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/IMG_5213-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/IMG_5213-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/IMG_5213-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2509\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Thanksgiving cactus<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Holiday cacti, aka Thanksgiving cactus (<em>Schlumbergera truncata<\/em>) and Christmas cactus (<em>S. x buckleyi<\/em> ), are popular houseplants which grow (and re-bloom)for many years with good care. Christmas cactus has rounded (scalloped) stem segments while Thanksgiving cactus has 2-4 pointed teeth paired along each segment edge. The latter blooms 3-4 weeks earlier than Christmas cactus and is available in several colors. Holiday cacti<em> <\/em>are actually tropical epiphytes (like orchids) and not true cacti.<\/p>\n<p>Holiday cacti bloom when exposed daily to uninterrupted 12-hour dark periods over 6-8 weeks starting in late September. A dark closet is a good place to do this. They also bloom when exposed to cool temperatures between 50 to 55 \u00b0F regardless of dark exposures.<\/p>\n<p>Flower buds may drop prematurely due any of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">four<\/span> factors: 1. over-watering, 2. low room humidity, 3. dry potting soil, and 4. insufficient light. Do not place a plant near a cold or warm draft such as a heating vent or poorly insulated window in your home.<\/p>\n<p>Holiday cacti produce more blooms under bright light. Site your plants in a sunny window indoors, or beneath a shade tree in the summer garden. Leaf edges may redden or burn when exposed to excessive light.<\/p>\n<p>When blooming in the fall and early winter holiday cacti are kept moderately dry and not fertilized. Water and fertilize in spring and summer when actively growing with houseplant-type fertilizer such as Miracle-Gro\u2122, Peters\u00ae, Hollytone\u00ae or Schultz\u00ae. Follow the label directions. In March or early April holiday cacti are to encourage better branching before new spring growth begins.<\/p>\n<p>Before the start of spring, repot the plant into a slightly larger container containing a well-drained sterile houseplant potting mix. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Holiday cacti, aka Thanksgiving cactus (Schlumbergera truncata) and Christmas cactus (S. x buckleyi ), are popular houseplants which grow (and re-bloom)for many years with good care. Christmas cactus has rounded (scalloped) stem segments while Thanksgiving cactus has 2-4 pointed teeth paired along each segment edge. The latter blooms 3-4 weeks earlier than Christmas cactus and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[842,637,202,601,756,1,113],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2513,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101\/revisions\/2513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}