There are two ways to get a Thanksgiving and Christmas cactus to set blooms. One way is to give the plant uninterrupted dark periods lasting about 12 hours each night.

The Christmas cactus can be confused with the Thanksgiving cactus. This is because each flower around the same time of year and they look very similar, says Nastya Vasylchyshyna, a resident botany ...

If the shape of the leafy stems of your cactus have three or four sharp points on each side and a more jagged appearance, then it is a Thanksgiving cactus. The stems of a Christmas cactus have ...

The Thanksgiving cactus falls within the genus Schlumbergera, along with other holiday-themed plants such as Christmas and Easter iterations. These low-maintenance plants are known for their flat ...

Thanksgiving cactus (Schlumbergera truncata), Christmas cactus (Schlumbergera buckleyi), and Easter cactus (Schlumbergera gaertner). If you know what to look for, you can see that each type has ...

Thanksgiving Cactus will bloom one month before Christmas Cactus. Notice the Thanksgiving Cactus has broad segmented leaves with serrated edges on both sides — 2-4 that come to points.

I’ve had a Christmas Cactus in my house nearly all my life. My mother had a huge one, as did her mother before her. Now, I ...

The Thanksgiving cactus flowers from early November to late December. • The Christmas cacti have the same flower-inside-flower appearance.

On the Thanksgiving cactus, leaves are broad and flat with serrations on the edges; versus the Christmas cactus which has smoother edges on the leaves. People often complain about holiday cacti's ...

They start blooming in November and continue through December and include the Thanksgiving and Christmas cactus. Both the Thanksgiving and Christmas cactus are species of Schlumbergera, a leaf cactus.