Rooting your Christmas cactus (Schlumbergera x buckleyi) cuttings can be a rewarding way to propagate this holiday plant. The process allows you to have more of these beautiful, blooming cacti to ...

Propagating a Thanksgiving cactus is an easy, budget-friendly way to multiply your favorite winter-blooming houseplant. You can grow new plants by rooting cuttings in soil or water, or by dividing a ...

The Christmas cactus is beautiful and easy to maintain. Here’s your guide to Christmas cactus care, from getting plants to ...

Because Christmas cacti are so pretty and easy to care for, it’s no surprise that many plant lovers want to make more of them ...

The Christmas cactus is a popular holiday plant offering colorful cheer for the holiday season—with brilliant red, pink, white, or purple flowers in bloom during the wintertime, this hardy succulent ...

A Christmas cactus can suffer from certain pests that may cause wilting. "Pests such as mealybugs, fungus gnats, spider mites ...

During rare desert rainfalls, cacti waste no time sopping up and storing a storm’s precious precipitation. Inspired by this natural phenomenon, scientists report in a study appearing ACS Macro Letters ...

Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol. 42, No. 235 (February 1991), pp. 143-149 (7 pages) The effects of root age, temperature, and soil water status on root hydraulic conductivity (LP) were ...