Title: Caring For Your Christmas Cactus
Summary: Two types of flowering cacti are sold as houseplants by many florists and retail outlets, the Christmas
Cactus and the Easter Cactus. The Christmas Cactus, Zygocactus truncatus, features leaves with pointed
lobes and usually flowers between Thanksgiving and Christmas. The Easter Cactus, Schlumbergera
bridgessii, has wider, rounded leaves and typically flowers between Christmas and Easter.
Resource type: Text
Format: PDF
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Language: English
Date created / revised: 09-November-2000
Publisher: UNH Cooperative Extension
Permalink: http://extension.unh.edu/resources/files/Resource000524_Rep546.pdf
