A Big Show Off !
11-16-2014, 09:49 PM
#31
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Some where in way out West Texas
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Originally Posted by kyquiltlover1942
My "true" Christmas cactus turns 53 years old this year. My Grandmother gave me a start off of hers the December before I got married in 62. It has survived 7 moves, two kids, 4 cats, 2 dogs, and keeps on blooming. She also taught me to quilt and made sure I had made and finished a quilt before I could marry. Needless to say, she is on my mind quite often.
11-17-2014, 06:31 AM
#33
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Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Louisville, KY
Posts: 514
Gerbie, I would love to "show off" my plant, but I have never been able to post a picture. I spent about 4 hours trying to load pictures in my album, only to find out there were none there. and by the way, I never keep mine in the dark. It is in the sunroom, and gets the street lights all night, plus another lamp that comes on at 5pm and goes off at 1 am.
now that I see yours I'm tempted to get another one!
11-17-2014, 09:30 AM
#37
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Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Charleston SC
Posts: 10,743
Beautiful....I use to have one that my ex-husband inherited from his great-great grandmother. We counted over 500 blooms on it. I don't know much about it now that I no longer have contact with him.
11-17-2014, 08:42 PM
#40
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Posts: 203
I have one I started last year from a single leaf we found on the floor at Costco. Picked up the leaf that had been walked on and kicked aside. Carried it home in a pocket and laid on the counter for a day before putting it in the cactus soil. It now has 3 new leaves and a bud on it. I am so excited about the bud. Hoping is will bloom by Christmas. I use Liquid Cactus fertilizer on it when I water it every to weeks. It also likes the west window it sets in.
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