Master Gardener: How to make a Christmas cactus bloom yearly
Q: I’ve just purchased a pretty flowering houseplant at the supermarket that they called a zygocactus. There were no growing instructions with the plant. Should I treat it like my other cactus plants?
A: Although your cactus is a member of the cactus family, it belongs to the genus Schulmbergera, and is a native of the jungles of Brazil. The original species, S. bridgesii, has beautiful fuchsia-colored flowers, but today, there are many named hybrids in a variety
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