My Christmas Cactus Bloomed!

Yes, little green ball things bloom into gorgeous flowers! Congratulations!

@Jeanniemaries I just had no idea! I took a quick look at it - the "balls" do look a bit bigger - but they have been around for a while now. Late blooms perhaps? Now I can't wait !

@much2say I hope they bloom soon for you!

@Jeanniemaries . And we officially became Floridians yesterday! . CT will be our summer home.

@Jeanniemaries I remember your reasons for moving back to Ohio and totally understand. We are here now for 6 months and 1 day, so we won’t be killed by CT income taxes anymore. Our CT home will become our vacation home for 6 months, minus a day. Lol

It was a thrill, I've had quite a dry run in Tampa, just too midwestern to figure out Floridas growing cycles. But I'm back in business now that I'm back in Ohio for good.

@Jeanniemaries My problem is I have much too much of gardening

They are pretty easy, neglect is good for them.

@Jeanniemaries My orchid this year produced plenty of flowers after three years of no flowers.

I also have an orchid that I purchased at the same time. I'll be posting on that one also.

@GreatMartin wow that is amazing yours blooms so often. I have had mine for about 13 years and it always blooms twice a year.

Oh that is awesome!!! I'll go and look at your earlier posts!

Thank you! I love having something blooming indoors!

@Jeanniemaries Yes it brightens our moods.

@Jeanniemaries I wonder if we have that type of cactus here.

It was a close out price. They are apparently hard to sell when it is finished blooming because it takes a few months to rebloom.

@Jeanniemaries We just watched that show again last week-we do it every year. The quietness of the kids walking to the house reminds both my husband as well as myself, about how quiet our lives were as children.

I'm so pleased you remember that part of the Homecoming Christmas show. It made quite an impression on me. I love to pick up plants on sale! I like to buy an amaryllis or two to bloom in the winter. (indoors)

@Juliaacv I visited the actual town in Virginia and the school is much closer to the house that the show indicates. It's like just a block away almost kitty korner from their home. Also Ike's store is like a very short block away on the same side of the street, actually across from the school. Also there was another house very close on one side of the Walton home, but on the other there was a road and it looks spacious like in the TV show. That is practically all there was in the town back then, the school and the store and some homes. I had a friend who taught at the school years ago when she was a new teacher and she piqued my interest in visiting; so on a trip to my daughters home near Richmond, we stopped by and made a visit. Then last year I went again with my daughters family. They have a few more businesses now. We took a tour of the school both times. The first time I went Jim Bob still lived in the original home, but the second time I went the home was a museum. It was closed but we peeked in the windows and saw most of the downstairs rooms. At the Walton Museum which we went into near the school they have recreated TV sets with the original TV furniture. Very fascinating to me.

@Jeanniemaries You're welcome.

Thank you!

@Jeanniemaries If I find out anything, I'll post about it. Interesting eh?

@Jeanniemaries It seems what I was thinking was a Christmas cactus was actually something else. The Christmas cactus in the southern hemisphere flowers around May.

Wow! I couldn't begin to answer that!

I've always thought they were nice even when not blooming.

Oh I love them too! Christmas has lovely traditional flowers and greenery. I love evergreen and holly too,

It's surprising as it is an indoor plant!