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I didn't buy a poinsettia this year, but a Xmas cactus for the first time and I am very pleased with it.
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Wow! What a wonderful macro! Gorgeous capture, Mar.
ReplyDeleteThe colors are exquisite; wonderful shot.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful macro of the Christmas cactus. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteSuperbe rouge
ReplyDeleteSuch a capture of the transparent beauty of the bloom of a Christmas Cactus.
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Wow ! if I could get one here I would buy it too ! looks so elegant and beautiful ! I just finished my Christmas decoration, by hanging up the last angel ! Now I sink in my chair !
ReplyDeleteSo pretty. I nearly bought one in the florist's the other day but with my track record with plants I figured I'd have pity on it and leave it for someone less likely to kill it LOL.
ReplyDeleteMine isn't blooming yet! Now I'm bummed. It's gorgeous. I love the lighting in this photo.
ReplyDeleteHappy Tuesday....my Ruby entry is holiday--a continuation of one I did several weeks ago...it's finished now, and decorating our mantle!! come see HERE
Gorgeous! I'm still waiting for mine to wake up :)
ReplyDeleteOh it's a lovely ruby...thanks for visiting mine
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely bloom! Perfect for Ruby Tuesday.
ReplyDeleteVery nice, happy Ruby Day
ReplyDeleteThis reminds me of my childhood years, my father used to grow these. Somehow I remember vaguely there was an Easter version of this too, no?
ReplyDeletevery pretty! I finally got mine to bloom this year after I don't know how many years of it sitting dormant. They were so much easier to grow in FL. ;)
ReplyDeletehow pretty, I knew what it was the second I saw it, as a child my mother and I always had a Christmas cactus every year. this one looks very delicate you did a great job!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful Christmas cactus. I had one that bloomed each winter, year after year, but one year I forgot to bring it inside when the temps dropped way below freezing and it bit the dust. The trick, I found, was to have it outside or at least somewhere that it gets chilly temperatures which gives it the bloom signal but bring it inside before a hard freeze. You probably know all that but I learned about it when mine didn't bloom the second year. After that I let it get the cold signal until my forgetfullness blew it.
ReplyDeleteGood idea and it is a lovely one!
ReplyDeletewow thats lovely! :)
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beautiful... i love christmas cactuses and used to have one in my old home
ReplyDeleteSo beautiful. I weep over the number of Christmas Cacti that have not survived my home.
ReplyDeleteI have never seen a cactus flower that looks like that. Great photo.
ReplyDeleteI have never seen one of those. It's beautiful :)
ReplyDeleteWe have also Xmas cactuses blooming even here in Finland !!! That flower likes cold window and always at Christmas time it blooms again (in my working place in nursinghome there is a big cactus like that) and then is also those who bloom in Easter time. And that flower is in side the rest of a year and it is taken in the midle as it blooms :)
ReplyDeletethat's so beautiful! so, it's name is really Christmas cactus? you captured it very well. happy RT!
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely STUNNING capture of your beautiful Christmas cactus blossom! I've never had much luck getting them to bloom for me, but your post makes me want to try again ... just because ;-)
ReplyDeleteHugs and blessings,
ohhh that's very beautiful,
ReplyDeleteI love Christmas cactus. I don't have one right now, but at one time I had one the same colour as yours and one year it had 30 blooms on it. Unfortunately after that is was never the same and eventually died. I like Christmas cactus much better than poinsettas.
ReplyDeleteisn't it such a wonderful surprise!
ReplyDeletehappy holidays~
chasity
Greetings from Belgium. Merry Christmas and enjoy the Holidays !
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