This small crane appeared in the house. I knew she was coming. She is early. I can never remember who is the Thanksgiving cactus, who is the Christmas cactus, and who claims to be the Easter cactus. Doesn't matter. The answer becomes easily obvious.
These are the kinds of plants you can never throw away. They don't die. And since my dead mother gave it to me over 20 years ago, you can tell she and I have been and will be in it for the long haul.
Pretty color!
Posted by: Marcia | Saturday, November 17, 2018 at 10:18 PM
So beautiful! I am watching the tiny, teeny little buds on my Christmas cactus and wondering if/when they will start to grow into blossoms. I am holding my breath and hoping soon.
Posted by: margene | Sunday, November 18, 2018 at 09:45 AM
Buy the mittlet kit, what the hell. (So I'm slow on commenting. I have knitting to do.)
Posted by: Lynn | Sunday, November 18, 2018 at 09:47 AM
NaBlah? NaVolt? NaNaNaNa?
Buy the other mittlet kit, too. More what the hell. Hope is the only thing keeping us alive these days.
Posted by: Lynn | Sunday, November 18, 2018 at 09:51 AM
And if you're going to knit two-thirds of the way up the fingers, just go the whole distance and knit the fucking gloves, OK?
Posted by: Lynn | Sunday, November 18, 2018 at 09:52 AM
What Lynn said at 9:52 am!
Posted by: Elaine in NYC | Sunday, November 18, 2018 at 10:10 AM
Pretty! My two Christmas cacti have buds that are just starting to show color. One I bought cheap when it was not in bloom and I have no idea what color it is. The other is a start from Margene's plant that I potted up last year.
Posted by: Cheryl S. | Sunday, November 18, 2018 at 11:44 AM
I got a "Christmas" cactus in bloom at WF last year, and thought I nearly killed it over the spring and summer. Then I moved it to a sunnier spot, and definitely revived! Now I'm anxious to see whether it will flower again... and when.
Posted by: grumperina | Sunday, November 18, 2018 at 01:54 PM
I stuck my Christmas cactus outside this summer under a bush and forgot all about it. As in, it's still out there. Despite what you said about not being able to kill them, I suspect that mine is a goner.
Posted by: Carole | Monday, November 19, 2018 at 05:55 AM
My Christmas Cactus, which I had at work no where near a window for many years, got renamed "Seasonally inappropriate cactus" by a coworker as it would randomly bloom whenever it felt like it. I brought it home and part of it died off, and I don't think it's figured out seasons yet, but it's at least a decade old and still going.
Posted by: Adrienne S. | Tuesday, November 20, 2018 at 12:24 PM
I have orchid cacti that blooms crazy. And a nightblooming cereus, who only gets it right by blooming at night. But at different times of the year. Are they abused children that I dont know how to take care of correctly? I dont know.
Posted by: Etherknitter | Tuesday, November 20, 2018 at 03:36 PM
That's alot of history wrapped up into a plant. Its quite beautiful, the plant.
Posted by: claudia | Friday, November 23, 2018 at 08:18 AM