Christmas Cactus Plants

The Beautiful Christmas Cactus Plants

The Christmas cactus plants gets its name because it blossoms around Christmas time, it is a temperamental plant and will only flower if it is properly cared for. To make sure that it flowers at this time of year it is important to make sure that the roots are not disturbed within the pot. Often when the Christmas cactus plants is repotted in a larger pot the roots will be disturbed and this will stop it blooming until the roots have settled down again.

It is also important to provide cactus plants plant food to help the cactus plants thrive in the house and in the planter. There are three different types of blooming cacti such as the Easter cactus plants, which blooms at Easter and the Christmas cactus plants, which blooms at Christmas. There is also a Thanksgiving cactus plants. They look identical, except they bloom at different times.

What The Christmas cactus plants Needs

The Christmas cactus plants has different blossom colors including pink, orange, purple and red. In order for the cactus plants to thrive and bloom, you need to have the ideal temperature and lighting. The cactus plants likes some sort of shaded light. During the winter months leading up to Christmas, the cacti needs full sunlight that is warm and bright. If the temperatures get too warm the plants will lose their buds. The Christmas cactus plants has growing spurts during the warmer months starting in April and usually ending in September.

Possible Difficulties With The Christmas cactus plants

When the buds start falling off the Christmas cactus plants suddenly, it could be due to it being put in a draft,or suddenly being exposed to great heat or cold. So be careful when you move your Christmas cactus plants to bear in mind how much direct sunlight it will be exposed to, or at the other extreme how dark the spot is. The cactus plants needs to have the proper dark time. Artificial light can disrupt the cactus plants and takes away from the needed dark it needs, which is about thirteen hours.

If you give the Christmas cactus plants plant food, you should do this during the growing months and stop when the cacti is done with the new growth. Overwatering can produce root rot and therefore it should be watered only when the soil is dry. Do not let the cacti become completely dry or it will affect the growing of the plant and buds.

The Christmas cactus plants has attractive flowers when it blooms The flower buds are located at the ends of the leaves, these will blossom for a couple of months if you are lucky and they are looked after. As long as you remember to give it the proper amount of light and water and not forgetting to feed it and monitor the temperature.