If so, you likely are the proud plant parent of a Thanksgiving cactus, not a Christmas cactus. A Thanksgiving cactus normally blooms between Halloween and Thanksgiving and is a different plant ...

Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter cactus are often grouped into the term “holiday cactus” category because of the confusion of the different cultivars. Their major differences are bloom times ...

Determine Type By Color. These holiday cacti blooms come in a variety of colors. The Christmas cactus has purplish-red flowers; Thanksgiving cactus comes in white, pink, salmon, orange, and yellow ...

Blossoms on each type of holiday cacti are also different. Thanksgiving cactus flowers are asymmetrical and hang down from stems that arch downward, although the flowers present more horizontally.

This peculiar holiday house plant has been interesting people recently, as it’s almost time to see the cacti in their full color. Skip to content WATE 6 On Your Side ...

If so, you likely are the proud plant parent of a Thanksgiving cactus, not a Christmas cactus. A Thanksgiving cactus normally blooms between Halloween and Thanksgiving and is a different plant ...

Color. Thanksgiving and Christmas cacti also have different flowers. “The Thanksgiving cactus blooms with red, pink, orange, ...

Thanksgiving cacti are available in a variety of colors and are relatively easy to maintain after the holidays, even though I always seem to overwater one or two of them during the summer months.

Christmas cactus is a hybrid that was created by crossing two closely related species, Schlumbergera truncata (the Thanksgiving cactus) and Schlumbergera russelliana, which are both native to Brazil.

Here's how to care for a Thanksgiving cactus, a low-maintenance tropical plant with colorful flowers that blooms just in time for the holiday season.

A Thanksgiving cactus normally blooms between Halloween and Thanksgiving and is a different plant than the traditional Christmas cactus. If the shape of the leafy stems of your cactus have three ...