This post 'A light in the Darkness of November - Crab Cactus' was originally uploaded by Tyra in the blog Tyra's Garden
Crab Cactus
a.k.a Thanksgiving cactus Schlumbergera truncata just perfect 'in floribus' in time for Thanksgiving.
Thank God for durable colourful winterflowering houseplants that costs next to nothing, like the African Violets, Kalanchoes, and this Crab Cactus they really helps us through the dark winter months especially now in the darkest month of them all November.
The Schlumbergera belongs to the Cactaceae family and lives wild in the tropical rainforest, it is an epiphytes what lives on rocks or in trees. On our window ledge they prefer welldrained soil with good aeration and hate to be waterlogged. Needs to be repotted just every third year, that's good isn't it.
Happy Thanksgiving to you All!
LOLove TYRA
10 comments:
Such bright and cheerful flowers Tyra. I am interested to hear you call them crab cactus - we call them Christmas cactus :)
Beautiful picture Tyra, and Happy Thanksgiving to you!
Good Morning Anna I think this cactus got a lot of nicknames and Crab cactus is one I guess it resembles a crab. We call it Easter cactus when it blooms in the early spring and of course Christmas cactus if it is a late bloomer :-)
Sweetday Thank you!
I've never heard it called this name before Tyra! By any name tho, it's beautiful in bloom. I hope you have a fantastic Thanksgiving too.
Vilken underbar färg - precis vad man behöver just nu. Här blommar faktiskt vissa rosor fortfarande. Vad mycket du har hunnit med av höstarbetet. Jag har ännu inte börjat.
Tack för din kommentar - jo, visst har det stormat mycket här nu, men vi har haft tur - inget hat blivit skadat...ännu.
Ha en skön dag!
Jättefint foto och det blir särskilt fint med den inkopierade texten. Ha det gott! /Ruben
Ja, underbart är det med det som blommar nu. Ha det gott!
Blommor med färg är vad man behöver just nu.
Har precis varit och köpt massor av julblommor.
Kul när du tittar in till mig.
Trä dem på snöre skall jag också testa tack för tipset.
Ha det gott
Annika
What a lovely color. These flowers must certainly brighten a winter day.
Jan
Always Growing
Oh look! You've got one, too! :-) Now that is a pretty shade of salmon. I don't think I've seen that color here before.
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