Can you believe my Christmas cactus is still blooming? Today I counted 8 huge pink flowers in full bloom and about a dozen buds beginning to show. What has gotten into this adorable plant? I ask because if I thought it would help, I would take whatever is making that plant so beautiful in hopes that it would help me.
So far, I only seem to be able to replicate the prickly spiny part of the cactus (and maybe the hanging on to water puffiness). I am about as lopsided as the cactus, spilling over abundantly down one side of the pot and nearly absent from the other side. I have tried to adjust the balance, but without much success. A pruning and evening might be too severe for it to handle. I don't want to cause any irreparable damage.
Meanwhile, I truly appreciate the beauty of the green and pink of this plant. It gives me hope. For years, it sat just faded green and spines. No hope of anything else happening. I carted it about here and there as I moved around. Now suddenly in the winter of its life, it has become a jewel of brilliance and bright pleasure. I hope in my old age, I can do the same.
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