The cactus that blooms most frequently, with a flowering period lasting several months, is a beautiful and easy-to-grow potted gem
Introduction
Green plants and potted flowers are essential decorative elements for home life. Keeping some flowers and plants at home has many benefits: it beautifies the room and lifts your mood. "Flower Sound Potted Diary, Issue 1391" introduces you to a cactus with an exceptionally long flowering period.
Today's star
Cacti have become one of the most common houseplants. They are very robust and extremely easy to grow, needing no fuss to add greenery to a room. They are usually kept as foliage plants and rarely bloom. Today's "star" is an exception: it blooms profusely. Let's get to know it.
Crab claw cactus
This flower is called crab claw cactus (Schlumbergera truncata), Christmas cactus, and so on, named because its stem segments resemble crab claws. It is a perennial evergreen succulent small shrub in the cactus family (Cactaceae), belonging to the succulent plants. There are many horticultural cultivars with colorful flowers, including white, yellow, purple, and red, with high ornamental value. It is the most common cactus-family plant grown indoors.
Exceptionally long flowering period
The crab claw cactus bears terminal flowers in fresh, beautiful colors, blooming from October to March of the following year. During this time it blooms multiple times: as soon as one flower fades, new buds open right away, giving a very long ornamental period. It coincides with major holidays such as Christmas, New Year's Day, and the Spring Festival, making it an important indoor flowering plant for winter and very popular in Western European countries.
Super easy to grow
Cactus-family plants are almost synonymous with "tough," with tenacious vitality. The crab claw cactus tolerates shade and also likes light, making it suitable for growing in pots at home for viewing. It has low requirements for fertilizer and water. A cut stem segment can root easily from a cutting, making it even easier to grow than lazy-person flowers like pothos and spider plant.
Even more beautiful after grafting
At the same time, the crab claw cactus is also the most commonly used scion for grafting. After grafting, it grows more vigorously. Grafting different flower colors onto the same rootstock produces a tree with multiple colors and a colorful effect, very beautiful. Almost all cactus-family plants can serve as rootstock. The flower language of the crab claw cactus is "turning the world around" and "fortune rising high," symbolizing good luck, and it is well worth having.