Question

I know it’s not an outdoor garden plant but just wondering if anyone knows what it is?  

Answer 1

Looks like a Christmas cactus or Easter cactus. I have 2 x

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Christmas cactus x

Answer 3

Flowering cactus, usually flowers at easter or christmas c

Answer 4

It’s a Christmas cactus

Answer 5

Love them i want one the colour of yours and then mix

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@withers this one is a thanksgiving cactus

Answer 6

Looks like a Christmas Catcus

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Aww brilliant thank you, I love it and I couldn’t remember where I got so thought of getting seeds but didn’t know what it was thank you ladies xx

Answer 8

Looks like a Christmas cacti but I thought they only usually flower around Christmas time? X

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Christmas cactus waiting for mine to flower

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Easter cactus

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They can live outside through the spring and summer. If soft edge it's Christmas if sharp it's Easter.  

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Mine is about to flower again

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Xmas cactus

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Mine always flowers in June.  

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Christmas cactus

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Easter cactus

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Christmas cactus

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Christmas cactus

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It’s the only plant I’ve not killed it’s in my bathroom and it seems to flower more than once a year I don’t water it very often  at times I’ve thought it was dead and was tempted to throw it away ! I’ve never repotted it but I think I may do after it stops flowering x

Answer 20

Easter cactus as it's flowering now

Answer 21

A cactus it's actually good to set it out in the summer months make sure it is brought in before frost

Answer 22

My little chaps are in the garden and flower all the time  

Answer 23

It is an Easter cactus, but my Christmas cactus is also still flowering x

Answer 24

You can tell the difference by the leaves

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@milkandwater can you? Never knew that.  

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@milkandwater Evans yeah I've added a picture showing the different leave shapes x

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@milkandwater I will check mine out.  

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@milkandwater seems mine is a Thanksgiving cactus despite being sold as a christmas cactus, I guess it's not marketable in the uk

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@victoriavictorian most are sold incorrectly as Christmas ones x my mum always believed hers to be a Christmas one too

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Christmas cactus. Mine flowers between Feb and @apeldoorn93 depending on the temp. Yours looks fab. I put olive oil on the leaves, gives them a lovely shine

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Easter cactus definately

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Easter cactus

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We have two that produce loads of leaves but will not flower

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Once the flowers go put outside but bring back in before the winter once you bring it in put it somewhere it’s going to stay as they don’t like being moved once they start to get buds on them x

Answer 30

Xmas cactus. Love them.  

Answer 31

I have a Christmas cactus and it was sprayed in glitter when I was given it. Anyone know how I can get this glitter off? Thanks  x

Answer 32

Schlumbergera truncata

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@printable5 think you'll find it's an Easter cactus not a Christmas one

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Dying, it’s dying  

Answer 34

Mine is just flowering! A late Easter cactus.  

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Christmas cactus

Answer 36

Mine is an Easter cactus I think and I've had flowers on and off since November. It's huge . Year's old.  

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@falange31 have you repotted yours? I’d love mine that big it’s not grown at all xx

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Yeah it's in that pot about 6 years. Doing great .  

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@falange31 this is a thanksgiving cactus. It's gorgeous

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@milkandwater thanks so much . My mam gave it to me years ago .  

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@falange31 they are very spready, my friends is huge and has taken over her lounge despite several attempts to stunt it

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@victoriavictorian yeah I feel like doing that all the time . It's dead boring when it's no flowers on it. Lol

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@falange31 I've got a small cutting from one my gran gave my mum, I do Luv them

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@milkandwater I didn't think it was a thanksgiving plans as leave s have not got a spike in them .  

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Sorry it was hard to see the leaves yes if its spike less it's a Christmas one x

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I wasn't sure. Thanks.  

Answer 37

Christmas cactus

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A beautiful Christmas cactus, I bought one on christmas eve and was surprised when I came down stairs the other day and saw it had flowered. Apparently they dont flower if they get sun in the evening. I can verify this is true I moved it from the back kitchen window to front lounge window and low and behold this is what appeared

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@victoriavictorian yes mine is in my bathroom and it has the sun in the morning and then dark in the afternoon/evening, I’ve just read it like humidity so bathroom with the shower must be perfect for it x

Answer 39

Easter cactus. Beautiful and somehow loyal to its owners

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Christmas cactus

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Easter cactus my mum has got one I put it in the border under her living room window about 8 years ago and it flowers every year

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It’s a Christmas Cactus  or Schlumbergera it practically will grow anywhere with very little care. I water mine occasionally and it flowers twice a year.  

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Easter cactus ?  

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Easter cactus ?  

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I have an Easter çactus just coming into flower . every stem has buds . I'm so pleased because it was a reduced plant in Homebase last year £1. 50 . I also have a Xmas cactus that was my Moms and that still flowers

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Xmas cactus

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Easter cactus

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It flowers twice a year easter and then dies off and comes back for xmas normally pink or white.  

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Easter cactus x

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I have one of these. 3 years later it’s still alive. I’m not a plant person. everything else has died lol xx

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Christmas cactus

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I have one nearly twenty years old it flowers every Christmas and Easter and sometimes inbetween

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I would live to find one if these, reminds me of when my nana had some and it only flowered for a few days every year it was beautiful xx

Answer 54

It's s male plant  

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I'm guessing mine is a thanksgiving one judging by the pictures of the leaves

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I heard it called Easter and xmas, the cuttings I have just keep growing and flower from before xmas and now have more flowers coming.  

Answer 57

How do you know it's male

Comments

@mis7115 cos its limp  

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@boger3478 lol didn't think of that lol

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@boger3478 no mine is flowering the now so wots it called Xmas as Easter

Answer 58

I think it's a Christmas cactus. Mines been going 5 or 6 years. Kept indoors

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Xmas cactus

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Easter cactus

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Easter cactus

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I have had one for last 3 yrs. Xmas cactus , which as only flowered at Xmas time, but this yr as had a few flowers reappear in last few weeks. Love it

Answer 63

Can anyone tell me the secret to growing these? I’ve killed a few over the years and I’m left with an off shoot that isn’t dead yet! But it never seems to grow! It flowered last year but not this year. What am I doing wrong?  

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@joppa8 I’ve just read it likes warm humid places and water as little as possible mine has never moved from the bathroom window and it flowers at least twice a year x

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@vertu1830 thank you, how much direct sunlight do you think it needs? i moved it from the kitchen window to the living room window a few months ago, but no harm trying the bathroom!  

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@joppa8 I get the sun in the morning in the bathroom then the sun moves onto the other side of the house so mine only gets a few hours a day xx

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Mine is in the dining room window. It gets sun during the afternoon, and water about once a fortnight if its lucky. Mine flowered at Christmas and is just flowering again. They must thrive on neglect because most houseplants come here to die.  

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Christmas cactus

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Christmas cactus

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Dont over water

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Easter cactus I think. Christmas cactus has more pointy leaves

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Christmas cactus . I had mine over 10 yrs now . When leaves stop being form watee it . I do mine monthly When flower dies just pull it off xx

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Love you know what it is now to answer your question indoors x

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Christmas cactus

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Xmas cactus, I've just bought one

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They sometimes flower twice

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Easter cactus, it has scalloped edges. The xmas cactus has more teardrop shaped edge to the leaves.  

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Easter catus

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Christmas cactus

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Christmas cactus. Mine flowered at Xmas and is flowering now too. Initially thought it was my easter one .  

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Easter I have and Easter and an Xmas

Answer 78

I have one. It was my late mums, she had it for years, I re-potted it and it flowered for mothers day ❤

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@cartage Mccreanor that's beautiful.  

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@cartage Mccreanor I have my late mums too it needed a bit of tlc now it's covered in buds❤️

Answer 79

Christmas or Easter cactus not really sure which but mine flower twice a year was my moms.  

Answer 80

Easter cactus the Christmas ones have more angular leaves

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Christmas catus

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I have two Christmas cacti which I inherited from my grandmother and my great aunt aunt. I think they must be at least 50 years old! They need very occasional watering and not to stand in water. Very occasional feed, very occasional change of top inch or so of compost. (Mine are too big to re-pot. ) I think the photo is of the Easter version - I have one which is about 15 years old now and it gets the same care as the Christmas ones. Mine don’t like direct sunlight but they do like good indirect light.  

Answer 83

If it has flowered recently then it is an Easter Cactie and indoors only

Answer 84

Mine indoor flowers no out yet

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Christmas cactus  x

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Xmas cactus

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Christmas cactus x

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Christmas cactus flowers at easter time as well

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Easter Cactus

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Christmas cactus

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Christmas Cactus x

Answer 92

We used to call them chain cuctus but I'm sure it's not it's real name.  

Answer 93

It’s a Easter cactus. It’s need repotting