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The differences between the two cacti are subtle, but understanding them is key to their growth.

It turns out my Nan didn’t own a Christmas cactus after all: Here’s the easy way to tell them apart.

It's last call to get Christmas cactus flowers by the end of December. By adjusting your care routine, you can prompt buds ...

Christmas cacti require 12 hours of darkness for about eight weeks to form flower buds for holiday blooming. Ideal temperature conditions for flowering are 65°F to 70°F during the day and 55°F to 65°F ...

"Good girls go to heaven; bad girls go everywhere." Mae West's words came to mind while reading an academic paper on cactus flowers which described them as "promiscuous" blooms. Perhaps cactus flowers ...

Did you know that cacti can bloom? Yes, those prickly green plants burst out some of the most beautiful flowers you’ve ever seen. For photographer Greg Krehel, these crazy cactus flowers have become ...

I was welcomed to my tent site in Chaco Culture National Historic Park by a handsome claret cup cactus. I had been traveling and hiking in New Mexico for two days, and although I had been looking for ...

New research shows that a quarter of nearly 1,000 cactus species could lose at least 80 percent of their habitat by 2100, due ...

Last May I went to Knowles Canyon Overlook Campground to enjoy magnificent scenery. Quite unexpectedly, I stumbled across small beetles in cactus blooms and an unexpected ecological interaction. As ...