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Monday, January 18, 2016

This is my Christmas cactus. It blooms yearly around Christmas. This year it bloomed in January.

Otherwise called Schlumbergera, it is a small genus of cacti with six species found in the coastal mountains of south-eastern Brazil. Plants grow on trees or rocks in habitats that are generally shady with high humidity, and can be quite different in appearance from their desert-dwelling cousins. Most species of Schlumbergera have stems which resemble leaf-like pads joined one to the other and flowers which appear from areoles at the joints and tips of the stems. Two species have cylindrical stems more similar to other cacti. In Brazil, the genus is referred to as Flor de Maio (May flower), reflecting the period in which they flower in the Southern Hemisphere.- Taken from Wikipedia

Since I saw they grow on trees or rocks in general shady areas, I thought hanging it in the kitchen would be a good place for it with filtered natural light.

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