Christmas Cactus How To Make Bloom

Does your tree need a friend?

— Andrew, Fort Myers

A: Macadamia trees grow well in our area. Most macadamia trees are self-fruitful, but some varieties may have higher yields when planted with a tree of a different variety.

Planting two or more trees of the same variety or cultivar does not make them more fruitful as there is no genetic variation; essentially they are the same tree. Self-sterile variety of any particular fruit tree may be planted with another tree of the same species, but a different cultivar is needed in order for the former to be fruitful.

Thus, if your six trees, all coming from the same parent tree, were ever fruitful, it indicates good self-pollination and fruitfulness without the need to introduce another variety. If these six trees never yielded, then you may have a self-sterile cultivar requiring a pollenizer or a macadamia of a different cultivar in order to yield.

The pollinators are bees and other insects. It is unlikely that insect pests or disease are the reason for the lack of fruit set and fruit production.

There are approximately 40 described cultivars. The ones sold locally are adapted to Florida conditions.

Q: I have a large, mature Christmas cactus. It is too large to bring into the house so it stayed on the lanai when the temps were around 32 degrees this past January. I covered it with a sheet and backed it up to the covered barbecue grill. This season the bottom stems are rose-colored and not green like the rest of the plant. Is it weather-related, too much water, lacking some sort of fertilizer or is this normal? I don’t want to lose the plant, which I show off with pride.

— Pat, email

Since you’ve had this plant for quite some time, it would probably have experienced cold damage in the past and apparently recovered quite well. This would have been especially true during the winter of 2009-10.

Cold temperatures usually damage the newer, more tender growth of a plant and not the base with older and more protected tissue. Consequently, this is probably a fungal disease starting in the soil and may be due to excess irrigation.

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Cactus Flower Nars

For lots of people the most well known Christmas flower is that of the Poinsettia. Besides this flower you can buy other varieties of Christmas flowers like the Orchid Cactus or the Christmas cactus, Ivy flowers, mistletoe flower, white roses or the winter rose and the pohutukawa tree of New Zealand.

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One important thing to consider is that the flowers on the cactus plants have an important purpose. Eventually, these flowers will drop off and turn into some kind of fruit or seed packet. The seeds are important to help further the survival of the plant. That is why if you pick too many of the flowers or the seeds or fruit that you can put the plant in danger. Cactus flowers are beautiful but it is not worth endangering the plant over. Be careful not to cut too many of the flowers off. Also consider that if you pick all of the prickly pear flowers, for example, there will not be any prickly pear fruit to enjoy.

The Christmas rose is also considered as being a true Christmas flower. This flower is known to bloom only during the month of December. You will be able to find this Christmas flower is also called the Snow Rose, the Winter Rose and the Serissa rose.

There are many different types of flowers that we love to have in our homes. These floral arrangements provide a splash of vibrant coloring to our home décor. For winter there are certain flowers that will add a splash of color as they only bloom during the month of December or the Christmas month. These flowers are called Christmas flowers because this is the time of year that they are in full bloom and they are firm favorites with many people.

The mistletoe flower has been used since ancient times as the Druid priests of Europe used this flower for their ceremonies and festivities. Since the mistletoe flower is still in bloom during the cold of winter this is also one of the Christmas flowers.

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