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bsewnsew


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Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2007 2:41 am   Post subject: Easter cactus??????????




My 2 types of christmas cactus today March 16..
This is peach and pink or something.

I must say Easter cactus???/
I want a yellow one yet.......i have white and red.
LMK if you have yellow..
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glendann

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Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2007 5:22 am   Post subject:


They are very pretty for Easter.


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Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2007 11:09 am   Post subject:


I've never seen a yellow one. If you get one could you take a piccie of it for us please? I seen purple, pink, red, orange and white though. Mr. Green


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Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2007 12:49 pm   Post subject:


I love Christmas Cactus, very pretty when it flowers. And I see they have the luck of the Irish also Mr. Green


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bsewnsew


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Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2007 1:42 pm   Post subject: ok .Yellow cactus


Some one better find me yellow....
One person had it and would not budge..NO one says she has purple??????
Not sure I want that one.
Thanks ......I love the peach, someone wouldnt believe me, is why I posted it.
;o)

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EJ

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Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2007 12:02 am   Post subject:


I have peach and I love it. Mind flowered at Christmas though. Are Easter flowering cacti different to the Christmas types?


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bsewnsew


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Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2007 12:08 am   Post subject: peach cactus


Here is mine right now.. It did flower before christmas.....
Look at the leaves .. Easter cactus is supposed to have round leaves..Not Jaggered like this ..check it out..I think it is adorable.



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glendann

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Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2007 5:48 am   Post subject:


Mine are like yours bsewnsew.Just not that color


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Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2007 12:29 pm   Post subject: What are yours?


What are yours?

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Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2007 1:30 pm   Post subject:


http://whittongreenhouses.com/xmasflame.htm
http://whittongreenhouses.com/goldcharm.htm

Here are two yellow xmas cactus and the company main page.
http://whittongreenhouses.com/

Many years ago when I lived in Florida I had an xmas cactus that, by manipulating the amount of light it got in the fall and spring, started blooming in the spring instead.

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bsewnsew


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Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2007 2:52 pm   Post subject: Toni, thanks


Toni

Thanks alot Very Happy

I read the whole list of cactus there..They do list some orange , and it may be the closest to mine yet.

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glendann

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Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2007 3:49 pm   Post subject:


Mine are pink, red, and lilac


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Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2007 4:23 pm   Post subject:


I've been searching for yellow Easter Cacti but I can only find yellow Christmas ones.

http://www.directgardening.com/detail.asp?pid=1709


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bsewnsew


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Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2007 4:40 pm   Post subject: Eileen


Thanks for hunting the yellow..It is either christmas or thanksgiving or easter......
The difference is the leaves.

It was $3.95 .cheap
But postage $8.95 makes me crinch..
I will wait till I find someone.. Cheaper cost me 13 dollars to order there.
Thanks again
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EJ

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Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2007 5:56 pm   Post subject:


Now that is a stunning picture - you caught it perfectly.


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