Thursday, August 13, 2009

Holiday cactus season

Maybe it's a bit early (?) for US people to see buds on their holiday cactus but over here, in TSV, all my potted holiday cacti are already in buds.


Every year, my cacti would give two beautiful showers of bloom, the first around beginning of Semtember and the second around November.

I have both Thanksgiving and Christmas cactus, although I prefer the former. I plant them in chopped tree fern and feed them once a month with Osmocote.
It seems these plants don't like the sun so I keep them, except one, in the shade house. The other one I place on my front porch which receives more sun and it turns red all over!

Here's a photo of last year's show, while we wait.

These are very faithful bloomers and easy growers. I really love them.