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snibbetsj
26th of December 2004 (Sun), 07:00
Hope everyone had a Merry Christmas:)


My wife has a flower she calls a "Christmas Cactus", I'm not sure what it really is. She really wanted a photo so here's a couple of my attempts.

http://www.pbase.com/image/37886668.jpg

and

http://www.pbase.com/image/37886671.jpg

I'll crop and PS the for a final print.

Enjoy. :) :) :)
sparker1
26th of December 2004 (Sun), 11:04
It really is a Christmas Cactus! Or, if you prefer Zygocactus truncatus. And, a pretty one.
snibbetsj
26th of December 2004 (Sun), 13:25
It really is a Christmas Cactus! Or, if you prefer Zygocactus truncatus. And, a pretty one.Thank you sparker1! :) I'll attempt to remember that! :)
iwatkins
26th of December 2004 (Sun), 15:12
We have four of them in out house and they flower every year for as long as I can remember. This year none of them have which is a shame becuase they make great macro subjects.

But here are a few of last years below.

Cheers

Ian

http://www.asrv84.dsl.pipex.com/Gallery/Flora/Images/20040112_1218_2485.jpg

http://www.asrv84.dsl.pipex.com/Gallery/Flora/Images/20040131_1745_3139.jpg
snibbetsj
26th of December 2004 (Sun), 15:18
Nice shots iwatkins!
iwatkins
26th of December 2004 (Sun), 15:52
No sir, yours are nice shots and nice plants too. :D

Ours (when they do flower) usually only put out six to ten flowers each. But yourd seem festooned with flowers.

I'm guessing (I don't have green fingers) that it must be temperature related. It is cold here in the UK in winter and your are in Florida, USA, which I believe is still quite warm in winter ?

Cheers

Ian
snibbetsj
27th of December 2004 (Mon), 07:37
No sir, yours are nice shots and nice plants too. :D

Ours (when they do flower) usually only put out six to ten flowers each. But yourd seem festooned with flowers.

I'm guessing (I don't have green fingers) that it must be temperature related. It is cold here in the UK in winter and your are in Florida, USA, which I believe is still quite warm in winter ?

Cheers

Ian
Thanks Ian, we're in the NW Panhandle of Florida where is does get cool, although our coldest temps are usually not lower than 25 deg F, and then for only a few nights. My wife brought this plant indoors when it started getting cold last week and it's really looking good.

Thanks,
Jeff