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Index of Subjects They do thrive on neglect and tend to bloom best when stressed- possibly as a last attempt to reproduce before the stress kills them off I have read. Perhaps the bedroom ones respond this way to the temperature conditions and/or drought (less watered due to their less prominent location)? Nancy D > On Dec 18, 2019, at 5:19 PM, David Webster <dwebster@glinx.com> wrote: > > Dear All, > > I have three Christmas cacti. For two years in a row the one in the dining room, which briefly gets sun in the morning, has come into blossom at about Christmas with relatively few blossoms. > > But the two in my bedroom have come much earlier (early Nov.) have been loaded with flowers and briefly get afternoon sun. One is many years older than the dining room plant and one is several years younger. > > My bedroom has a beetle collection which receives paradichlorobenzene once a year; usually late winter. And likely has methane at times. Can either of these induce flowering in Christmas cactus ? > > It may just be temperature. The house is usually heated by wood only and the dining will typically be warmer than the bedroom in fall/winter. > > YT. DW, Kentville >
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