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snow</span> <o:p& For several decades, my mother-in-law kept a christmas cactus sitting on one of those old-fashioned fern stands in the secluded and rarely used formal entrance to their farmhouse. It was placed near a small, north-facing window in an area that received little light (natural or artificial) and that was decidedly cold in winter. The cactus was huge - it was probably close to a metre in diameter with its leaves hanging a metre to the floor. I have no idea how long she'd had it as it was already huge when I first saw it in the 1970s. It bloomed profusely each year with many dozens of blooms. I don't think it received too much attention and it was never moved from this location. Obviously there was something about that site that must have agreed with it. bev Round Hill On 12/19/19, dschlosb-g@ns.sympatico.ca <dschlosb-g@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote: > Profusion of blooms and time of blooming might have something to do with the > age of the plant. Also for Clivia. Our cactus gets western light and > blooms but not profusely. A friend has one that gets little natural light. > It blooms beautifully. Another friend has hers in the SE window and it also > blooms profusely. > > Perhaps it has more to do with the plant’s genetics? > > > > From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca On Behalf Of rita.paul@ns.sympatico.ca > Sent: December 19, 2019 8:01 AM > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Christmas cactus > > > > Well Dave they are controlled by the length of day light they get. > > There is a name for it which I forget. Mums are the same way > > very important for folks who produce flowers but for the most > > of us we are happy when they do flower. > > Enjoy the nice snow > > Paul > > > > > > >> On December 18, 2019 at 5:19 PM David Webster <dwebster@glinx.com >> <mailto: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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