“The RoseBouquet”

My Christmas Cacti have been taking turns blooming. First was the one in the high east window. I noticed, but didn’t take photos.

Then I found a larger cactus in the front porch looking as if some insects had been chewing up the stems on one side, and the rest of the plant was budding forth with those pretty deep pink tips that indicate flowers are coming. So I moved it inside the living room. It bloomed gloriously for about 10 days. On Saturday I swept up the last of the dropped flowers.

Last week another cactus in the porch pushed out blossoms in the hopes of winning a place indoors. So I brought it in and found a corner on my crowded desk for it. Last week it had blossoms on almost every stem. They keep pushing out another and another blossom out of the previous one, so the flowers look longer and quite dainty with all those hot pink petals sticking out. Today it has some flowers looking droopy, so I guess it is winding down now too.

Yes, I took photos. My Christmas Cacti

The odd thing is that I would have loved for them to bloom in December since I have no room or time for a tree. This way I’ve had all my Christmas decorations in November.

A very Happy Thanksgiving to all my American friends who are celebrating that this Thursday first. After that they will ramp up their Christmas preparations too.