I think that the Christmas Cactus is one of most common houseplant around. In Dutch we call this plant “Lidcactus” or “Kerstcactus”. The scientific name for this plant is Schlumbergera truncata.
So you may wonder why an article about a plant that is so common.
Well, I have one Christmas Cactus that is very special for me. It is a cutting from a plant that once belonged to my grandmother. My grandmother passed away in the year that I was born (22 March 1963 to be precise, so just before I was born).
Have a cutting from this plant, that has been so long in our family, makes it very special to me.
And now the days are getting really shorter, it starts to bloom (hence the name referring to Christmas).
After it has bloom I will move it to a bigger pot with fresh soil. But before I do so I will take some cuttings from the plant and let them grow roots, so I have these when something goes wrong with moving the full grown plant to a bigger pot.
The change that anything will go wrong is very small, the Christmas cactus is a very strong plant. But with this plant I don’t want to take any risk.
Which may mean that after moving the plant I will have a number of new plants from the cuttings.
There are already several people I know interested in them *heart*.
I really would love a cutting of that plant. It is beatiful!
Just as Marissa I would also be interested in a cutting of that plant. I think Jennifer will be very happy with such a special plant.