We have stunningly beautiful Christmas cactus this year --- it is probably three plants in a single pot, which we didn't realize until the flowers blossomed last month: we'd never had more than three or four blooms at a time from this plant, and didn't realize that there are at least three clearly distinct colours of flower on it. This year we have had on the order of 40 or 50 blossoms on the go continuously, new ones replacing those which die, for about a month now!
And we were dutifully impressed and proud of our horticultural skills: until we went to the hairdresser's yesterday, and noticed that her plant had probably something between three and four hundred flowers in bloom. Absolutely amazing!
Yours, in awe,
N.
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I love Christmas cacti. When I was younger, I used to grow a lot of them. I always found it fascinating that you just had to pull off a "leaf", pop it into some soil and it would grow. It's odd going to my Mum's house sometimes because some of those "leaves" have become large plants. If you get the right light and the right balance between warmth and cold, I've found that the Christmas Cactus can continuously flower for a good proportion of the year.
It sounds like you're doing the right thing! Any photographs?! RT ;@)
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