The latest round of flowers are dying back on the holiday cactus (๐๐ค๐ฉ๐ญ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข sp.), but now it has plenty of cute little baby segments sprouting from its stems:
The latest round of flowers are dying back on the holiday cactus (๐๐ค๐ฉ๐ญ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข sp.), but now it has plenty of cute little baby segments sprouting from its stems:
Our holiday cactus (๐๐ค๐ฉ๐ญ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข sp.) is still being a big show-off.
Ich fand, dass ich in diesem Winter eindeutig zu wenig Weihnachtskaktusblรผten (Schlumbergera) anbieten konnte.
Ich habe deshalb mal etwas fรผr die nรคchste Blรผhsaison vorbereitet.
Here's a closeup of the aforementioned plant bits, taken with the clip-on macro lens I got for Xmas. You can even see the pollen! I could have focused better if I used a tripod, but this is pretty good for hand-held.
Houston, we have pistil and stamens!
The first of the holiday cactus (๐๐ค๐ฉ๐ญ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข sp.) buds is now fully opened!
The holiday cactus (๐๐ค๐ฉ๐ญ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข sp.) buds have opened even more!
The holiday cactus (๐๐ค๐ฉ๐ญ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข sp.) buds are beginning to open!
A bunch of buds have appeared on our holiday cactus (๐๐ค๐ฉ๐ญ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข sp.) once more:
I've been posting a lot about our orchid lately, but I should mention that our holiday cactus (๐๐ค๐ฉ๐ญ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข sp.) is getting read to bloom again too, as it has almost continually for the last five months or so: