While visiting a friend in Seattle, I commented on how beautiful her Christmas cactus was. She laughed and waved it off as if growing one was no problem.
“Every now and then, parts of it will fall out and I will just push it right back in the pot and it starts growing again,” she said.
Wow! I was impressed. Â Before I left I asked her if I could have a couple of pieces. Â She took a few pieces off her plant, got a plastic baggie, added water and the plant pieces then tied it with a rubber band on the bottom.
Carefully tucking the plastic in a small pocket of my carry-on suitcase, I lifted the carry-on onto the TSA security belt and thankfully it made it through with no problem.
When I arrived home, I immediately found a flower pot, added fertilized dirt and stuck the Christmas Cactus pieces inside.
And … here it is. I chose a large flower pot because I am quite hopeful that it’s going to grow. (Quite a Pollyanna attitude, no?)
I was not disappointed. Â See the small pieces of growth?
I have very few plants growing in my house — the guanabana plant I grew from seed that I got in Puerto Rico, a bamboo miniature plant and now this one.
I can hardly wait for the blooms to begin in November.
