Christmas cactus starting early

Post by **edds** » Sun Nov 22, 2020 10:03 pm

My Schlumbergera 'Samba Brazil' has followed the trend of people putting decorations up very early to help cheer themselves up during this rubbish year!

This was mine on Thursday in my office,

And a close up,

And the irony is from last Thursday I have been isolating due to contact with someone who was positive for coronavirus so I won't get to see the flowers for the next two weeks!

Anyone else's started yet?

Post by **el48tel** » Sun Nov 22, 2020 10:50 pm

Got a golden orange yellow one (ex Lidl last year) just begun together with cuttings flowering too. A red and white "on the point".
Sorry to hear about your isolation issue.

Post by **Pattock** » Sun Nov 22, 2020 10:56 pm

My mum's is a Remembrance Day cactus, always starts then or a few days later.

Post by **rodsmith** » Mon Nov 23, 2020 7:42 am

Lovely blooms and super photos, edds. What a shame that you'll be missing them.

Terry S. · Post by **Terry S.** » Mon Nov 23, 2020 8:28 am

All of the cultivars that are largely S. truncata in their genetics are in flower at the moment and I would say that this was their normal flowering period. The traditional Christmas cactus S. x buckleyi follows on later.

Post by **JaneO** » Mon Nov 23, 2020 9:22 am

Schlumbergera truncata today

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Post by **JaneO** » Mon Nov 23, 2020 9:23 am

Would be grateful if Mod could remove upside down ones! I can’t!

Done - Tony R

Post by **JaneO** » Mon Nov 23, 2020 1:04 pm

Thank you Tony

Post by **ralphrmartin** » Mon Nov 23, 2020 4:14 pm

Terry is right. I have a couple of species S. truncatas, and they are flowering now, as are many of the S. truncata hybrids. But just to show that plants don't always do what they are supposed to, so are a couple of my Rhipsalidopsis hybrids.

Post by **edds** » Tue Nov 24, 2020 8:52 am

Thanks Rod and Tel - not so bad so far but still a week and a bit to go!

Jane, I love the vibrancy of that bottom one - does it have a name?

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