This is more than a decoration — it’s a living tradition. Schlumbergera ‘Red Flame’ explodes with brilliant, velvety red blooms right when the world outside goes gray, bringing warmth, color, and life to the heart of winter. Tough, long-lasting, and famously easy to care for, it’s a plant that blooms for decades and often becomes a family heirloom, passed from hand to hand, generation to generation.
Unlike desert cacti, this one comes from rainforest cliffs, so it thrives indoors with bright, indirect light and consistent watering. A single plant can bloom for weeks to months and will return every holiday season like clockwork.
Includes a Heat Pack where needed for winter shipping.
Average Landscape Size:
Height - 1 ft., Width - 2 to 4 ft.
Special Features:
Container Plants, Winter Interest, Houseplant, Holiday, Gift
| SIZE |
4"
|
| Foliage Color |
Green |
| Growth Habit |
Clumping |
| Flower Color |
Red |
Watering Needs:
Occasional watering
Christmas Cactus Care Instructions:
Light: Picture this - a lazy, hazy afternoon in Rio, that's what your Christmas Cactus digs. It's a lover of bright but coyly indirect light, avoiding the harsh glare of a midday sun like a cat dodges a bath.
Water: It’s no desert drifter; this plant likes its soil like a well-mixed drink – evenly wet. Water it when the top feels dry, but don't drown the poor thing. It's a cactus with the soul of a rainforest, remember?
Temperature: Keep it cozy. This plant doesn’t enjoy the shivers any more than you do, so keep the ambiance nice and stable, somewhere between 65-75°F. Drafts? It hates those sudden chills as much as you hate surprise bills.
Feeding: Like a light snack between meals, a little fertilizer every other week keeps this cactus content. But come the fall, cut back on the treats to help it prep for its big winter show.
Repotting: No rush here. This plant likes its space snug, not sprawling. Only repot when it's clearly bursting at the seams, and use soil that drains quicker than a sinkhole.
Blooming: Now, for the grand spectacle. To trigger those trademark blooms, treat it to cooler nights and long evenings – a touch of autumn’s chill and the curtain of night will do. A bit of plant psychology, if you will, to get those red blooms popping.
Nurture this festive friend right, and you'll have a spectacle of red blooms that become the stuff of family legends, outshining even the most over-the-top holiday decorations.
