More Christmas Cactus ~ Marilyn Armstrong

Posted on December 3, 2018 by Sue Vincent

We didn’t really have sunshine today, though they promised it. But at least it wasn’t dark and gloomy all day. So I took some more pictures of the cactus developing.

I remembered today that sometimes, instead of a standard but, the end of the cactus turns red and then becomes a flower. So there is more than one kind of bud on a Christmas Cactus. If someone has a good biology background, I’d like to hear about this — how one plant has two ways of creating a flower.

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About Sue Vincent

Sue Vincent was a Yorkshire born writer, esoteric teacher and a Director of The Silent Eye. She was immersed in the Mysteries all her life. Sue maintained a popular blog and is co-author of The Mystical Hexagram with Dr G.M.Vasey. Sue lived in Buckinghamshire, having been stranded there due to an accident with a blindfold, a pin and a map. She had a lasting love-affair with the landscape of Albion, the hidden country of the heart. Sue  passed into spirit at the end of March 2021.
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5 Responses to More Christmas Cactus ~ Marilyn Armstrong

  1. VerosDreamState's avatar VerosDreamState says:
    December 3, 2018 at 10:25

    It’s beautiful🙂

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  2. popsiclesociety's avatar popsiclesociety says:
    December 3, 2018 at 13:36

    Beautiful! My grandma used to have it and every year before Christmas it used to bloom. Such a lovely plant!

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  3. JoHawkTheWriter's avatar JoHawkTheWriter says:
    December 3, 2018 at 17:02

    I have two huge Christmas Cactus one red and the outer peach. They put on hundreds of blooms and I love them. The only issue is they just can’t wait for Christmas and always bloom for Thanksgiving. 😊

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  4. Marilyn Armstrong's avatar Marilyn Armstrong says:
    December 4, 2018 at 06:07

    Thank you Sue! Actually, I think there may be yet one more way. These are really interesting plants!

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