I need info on Christmas Cactus ??

I got a few christmas cactus that bloom of course at christmas time, but I have one that I bought in full bloom 2 years ago at Easter time. It has not bloomed again yet. The leaves are a little rounder then the Christmas cactus. Anybody have any idea what it is or when it will bloom again

I need info on Christmas Cactus ??
Holiday Cactus--the genus is Schlumbergera (still often called "Zygocactus") has several species. See the link to wikipedia for some pictures and comparison of the so-called 'Thanksgiving', 'Christmas' and 'Easter' species.





This will help you distinguish among the three.
Reply:This is not a seasonal plant for hollidays.This plant can grow all year but buds do not form unless left in complete darkness at night. They like warm weather. The plant can grow very large if cared for.
Reply:After my plants ( that I too bought a couple of years ago in full bloom) didn't bloom this year ago i did some research and found that they are sort of similar to the poinsetta in that they need dark nights for so many hours in order to bloom, and that the way they are watered may have an impact... I found this information in an old readers digest book- but the information is most likely on a website somewhere.... sorry that I don't know the exactness of anything..
Reply:You've encountered a common problem.:-)





There are zygocacti that are "thanksgiving cactus" (a true zygocactus usually sold as Xmas cactus because they bloom before Xmas and can actually be sold), Xmas cactus, which really blooms AT Xmas, and Easter cactus.





Though I've fogotten the specifics of the Easter variety,(rhipsalis maybe?), the Thanksgiving variety has points on the leaf segments while the Xmas cactus is rounded (schlumbergera is the botanical name as I recall).





The Thanksgiving cactus often re-blooms in the spring.





Enjoy!
Reply:If you usea good blooming plant fertilizer in small doses the plants will bloom longer and more than once a year.
Reply:Christmas cacti flower as a function of short photoperiod - when the days get shorter. Also as a function of temperature. Notwithstanding what an earlier response said, they like cool.





Easter Cactus (Rhipsalidopsis) blooms around Easter. One of mine blooms almost the entire year. It was this jungle variety that was crossed with an epiphyllum - I believe- that gave us the Schlumbergera....Hence the similarity.
Reply:There are different cacti that look like a christmas cactus.....if you got this around easter time then I'd say it's called the easter catus and i think there's another one to that blooms near another holiday. Whatever you do definately works for your christmas cactus but this other one most likely needs something else in order to bloom at easter time. Do you fertilize a month or so before easter? Is it warm enough or cool enough where you have it? Yes, the amount of darkness (14 hours per night)really matters for a christmas cactus and the less water a month before you want them to bloom the better. I don't think this is a christmas cactus, maybe you need to give it more darkness because we have more daylight at easter. Try the following site...it has information on christmas, easter and thanksgiving cactus:


http://web.extension.uiuc.edu/champaign/...
Reply:to make it bloom stick it in a cool room the cold should throw it into blooming season. Thats what my mom done i'm 41 and it works for me as well.

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