0
Red foliage on a holiday plant, such as the Christmas cactus [Schlumbergera and Zygocactus spp] indicates new growth. The Christmas cactus is native to Brazil, where the growing and dormant seasons are the reverse of the Northern Hemisphere. In fact, it's called a winter blooming cactus, because of its growing season overlapping with the timing of northern winters.
Wiki User
∙ 14y ago
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
What is the redcap cactus?
A red cap cactus is a cactus that the top of it is red and its shape like a cap that why its call red and cap
What can you put in a cactus terrarium besides cactus plants?
A cactus terrarium needs some sort of free drainingsoil that holds some moisture. It also needs some sort of drought resistant vegetative cover. Cooperative candidates include succulent plants, to which the cactus is related. They also include native wildflowers of the Great Plains and Desert Southwest, in the United States of America. For example, blanket flower [Gaillardia pulchella] gives a cheery look with its dark green foliage and yellow rimmed red flowers. In the way of another example, cottonwood [Hibiscus tiliaceus] has a colorful yellow bloom, and is a cooperative subject for the art of bonsai gardening.
What are cactus berries?
A cactus berry is one of the forms that cactus fruit may take. Different cactus plants make different types of fruit. For example, the fruit of the living rock or fossil cactus [Ariocarpusspp] looks like pale fleshy berries. In contrast, the saguaro cactus [Carnegiea gigantea] makes fruit that looks like red plums.
What is a shrub that is from south Asia has red berries and evergreen foliage?
Skimmia http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/plants/plant_finder/plant_pages/857.shtml
How long does the red cactus live?
The red cactus ives for around 1-2 years
What makes an angiosperm such as the Christmas cactus unusual?
An angiosperm, or flowering plant, such as the Christmas cactus [Schlumbergera and Zygocactus spp] is unusual, because of its native environment. The holiday cactus is native to the Brazilian rain forest. The extreme environment of subtropical and tropical environments demands certain changes for a plant to survive. So, for example, the holiday cactus has airy roots that don't grow out of soil. It also has green or red grape like inedible fruit that mustn't be bitten into, chewed, or swallowed. Also, it has strongly colored flowers that are set off by leafless, notched stems. And despite the preceding environmentally influenced peculiarities, it has winning tendencies to adapt and fit right into the business and home with other house and office plants.
My cactus has red spines?
That's mean that your cactus is growing well and very naturally . So don't scare , that's normal for all cactuses . You should give your cactus a little much water when it's overgrowing : when the cactus have red spines ! I hope i helped you !
A cactus with green red or yellow flowers?
OPUNTIA
Do carpenter ants eat cactus?
Red ants
How did red and green become the typical colors of Christmas?
Red and green became Christmas colors because of the plants that bloom around Christmas time. Poinsettias and Christmas cactus both bloom red and of course snow is white. The white, red, and green are the traditional colors of Christmas.
What does the cactus fig look like on Nabooti Island?
It is large and red and growing on a cactus along the trail at the Mountains of the Moon.
What are the easiest types of cactus to grow?
The easiest types of cactus plants to grow include some of the most interesting cactus family members. For example, the epiphytic rat's tail cactus [Aporocactus spp] is an early spring bloomer, and enjoys life in hanging baskets. The curiosity plant [Cereus hildmannianus v. mostrose] has deformed growing points that serve as conversation pieces indoors. The silver torch cactus [Cleistocactus strausii] has scarlet tubular flowers and silvery spines. The porcupine hedgehog [Echinocereus stramineus] arranges scarlet petals around green stigmas. The yellow peanut cactus [Echinopsis chamaecereus f. lutea] has banana like stems and rare red night flowering blooms. Lacking in chlorophyll, it must be grafted onto a green cactus, to benefit from energizing photosynthetic products. The chin or spider cactus [Gymnocalycium baldianum and Gymnocalycium horstii] has pink funnel shaped flowers and metallic colored growth buds. The rose pincushion cactus [Mammillaria zeilmanniana] brings forth a carmine pink flowery contrast to its purplish black stem. The prickly pear cactus tree[Opuntia neoargentina] has yellow poppy like flowers and a tree like trunk. The golden and silver ball cactus plants [Parodia leninghausii and Parodia scopa] have open faced flowers and a covering of long, respectively golden and silver, soft spines. The holiday cactus[Schlumbergera and Zygocactus spp] has vivid red flowers and leafless, notched stems. The wave or brain cactus [Stenocactus multicostatus] has pale funnel shaped blooms that flower in spring and summer. The glory of Texas [Thelocactus bicolor] has feathery, flat faced summer flowers, and red and yellow spines. The golden column cactus [Weberbauerocereus johnsonii] has golden spines that darken with age. Its tubular flowers are pale pink or white.
