"Holiday Cacti" -Contest #14 (Submissions Only)

Post by **daiv** » Mon Dec 18, 2006 3:14 pm

The subject for the of this weeks contest is "Holiday Cacti". Traditionally this would included Christmas Cactus (Schlumbergera x buckleyi), Thanksgiving Cactus (Schlumbergera truncata) and Spring or Easter Cactus (Hatiora x graeseri). The names are tied into the time of year each is in bloom. However, most who have first hand experience growing any of these will tell you that the plants do not keep strict calanders.

The theme is "Holiday Cacti", but in this contest we're going to include all Epiphytic cacti. Since most in this category have plain looking stems, I expect we'll get quite a flower show, but flowers are not a requirement in this contest.

The submissions will run from the 12-17-2006 to the 12-24-2006 while the voting will run from the 12-25-2006 to the 12-31-2006.

Post all your pictures for "Holiday Cacti" -Contest Number 14 in this thread.

Contest will run from December 17 through December 31

You have Until December 24, 2006 to enter a picture in the contest.

Voting will be from December 25 to December 31

Please review this post for the contest rules: http://www.cactiguide.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=888

Let the contest begin!

Post by **daiv** » Mon Dec 18, 2006 3:26 pm

As usual, I'll get the contest primed with a Hylocereus undatus flower:

hablu · Post by **hablu** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 5:18 am

And here is mine. greets Harry

Tony · Post by **Tony** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 1:31 pm

Unfortunatly I curently have no digital pics of my epis so I had to scan this photo.

But I think you get the picture.
The grainy, out of focus, off center picture

I call it.................... " epiphyllum with chairs"

Buck Hemenway · Post by **Buck Hemenway** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 6:53 pm

Our Hylocereus undatus

Karla · Post by **Karla** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 7:27 pm

Schlumbergera

Christer Johansson · Post by **Christer Johansson** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 2:00 am

"White Christmas"

grand choum · Post by **grand choum** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 4:07 pm

Here is the first flower of my only epiphylum

i hope you'll enjoy

cactuspolecat · Post by **cactuspolecat** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 8:50 pm

Of course mine flowers same season as yours... just different time of year.
Schlumbergera...

CP

Franj · Post by **Franj** » Thu Dec 21, 2006 12:09 am

Well I'm way out of my league here. Fantastic pics all

I don't do well with the Epiphytes. I think it's maybe way too hot and dry here. But I keep on trying. Here's a Disocactus flagelliformis putting out a few flowers in it's death throes last spring.

Franj

hob · Post by **hob** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 3:03 pm

no epi's that have flowered here .............so

GeneS · Post by **GeneS** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 6:07 pm

I only have 1 or 2 epi's and those are usually thoroughly neglected but, if I had the space to grow them, I would ask for a cutting of this one I manged to capture in a fellow club member's shade house.

Full credit to Dot Miller for producing this beauty.

Cheers for the holidays ... GeneS

tomrep · Post by **tomrep** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 8:22 pm

http://www.flickr.com/photos/59955649@N00/330290947/

I received this Sclumbergera as a Xmas gift

. Hope you like it.

"Holiday Cacti" -Contest #14 (Submissions Only)

"Holiday Cacti" -Contest #14 (Submissions Only)

My entry

schlumbergera