Christmas cactus & orchid plants

[pomtzu]

Be careful with the light. They live naturally in "the shady moist undergrowth of the forest" so low light is best. Direct sunlight is not good - at least that is what I have heard..

It really is more of an indirect morning light that mine gets, since the sun isn't shining directly in the front window - kind of off to one side - if that makes sense.

I went rooting around the pot today, and I think I found a couple of new stalks. They definitely weren't roots, since the ends were shaped like mittens, and that's what the web site for the care of these plants describes. So I clipped them to the stakes in the pot, and I'll see what happens.

This is a pic of what it looked like last year in bloom. Rather dark, but you get the idea. Can't wait to see it bloom again.