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Thanksgiving Cactus cv 'Fuchsia' (Schlumbergera truncata) on the left
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Christmas Cactus cv 'Grandma Russell' (Schlumbergera x buckleyi) on the right.
The Christmas Cacti in various colors that we see everywhere during the holidays are NOT really the true Christmas Cacti. These are clones selected for their colors and growth habits and are given various cultivar names. These commercial varieties in an wide array of spectacular colors have been selected and/or induced by chemical and biological manipulation.
The true or heirloom Christmas Cactus had descended from one of William Buckley's hybrid Schlumbergera russelliana X Schlumbergera truncata plants in the 1840s in the Rollisson Nurseries of England and are commonly known now as Schlumbergera x buckleyi.
There are possibly two, perhaps three slightly different surviving clones (vegetative descendents e.g. by layering or cuttings) of three hybrids of this cross, named
Schlumbergera x buckleyi 'Buckleyi',
Schlumbergera x buckleyi 'Rollissonii'
Schlumbergera x buckleyi 'Snowii'
'Buckleyi' = White tube shading to magenta petals
'Rollissonii' = Flowers magenta in color
'Snowii' = Smaller magenta flowers and stem segments.
The Thanksgiving Cactus cv 'Fuchsia' shown here was from the Rockledge Gardens, Rockledge, Florida, USA.
The true Christmas Cactus shown here, lovingly called Grandma Russell, had been propagated from cuttings as it got handed down over few generations in a course of at least 100 years or more from the grand matriarch of the Russell Family of Merritt Island, Florida, USA.
Here's the Set of 4 images
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For more;
cactus.biology.dal.ca/paulS/christmas/christmas.html
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False coral (Myriapora truncata) and sponge. Ferrera Island east, Columbretes Islands, Castellón, Spain. Catamaran Oceana Ranger Mediterranean Expedition. July 2006.
Falso coral (Myriapora truncata) y esponja. Este de Isla Ferrera, Islas Columbretes, Castellón, España. Expedición por el Mediterráneo del catamarán Oceana Ranger. Julio 2006.
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I placed a group order with some people on Terraforums from CZ Plants. I was told some of my plants arrived and knew they were coming in today. I had also placed an order with Par O Bek last friday but never got an Email with shipping so I figured he'd mail out today. What a surprise when three boxes showed up on my door today. The third box was for dinosaur figures so that's another photo later on. So the three on the right are from CZ. N. ramispina, N. mikei and N. rajah. The two on the left are from Tony and they are N. lowii x truncata wide peristome. I have been wanting a lowii x truncata hybrid for a while. I think this will be awesome once it gets upper pitchers. That one pitcher is already pretty sweet. The other plant was sent from Borneo Exotics as a merrilliana but Tony suspects it might be the hybrid merilliata. I looks likea true merrilliana to me though based on the plants I already have. I don't know. I'll have to do some checking into that.
Mostra-mercato 2009. Esposizione di piante rare, cactus e succulente, Cagliari Parco di Monte Claro.
Canon EOS 7D + Canon 430EX II + Kenko extension tubes (full set) + Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM (2.1:1)
Flash on bracket
Handheld, some sharpening, no crop
Superdomain: Neomura
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Amorphea
(unranked): Obazoa
(unranked): Opisthokonta
(unranked) Holozoa
(unranked) Filozoa
Clade: Choanozoa
Kingdom: Animalia
Subkingdom: Eumetazoa
Clade: ParaHoxozoa
Clade: Bilateria
Clade: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Olfactores
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclass: Osteichthyes
Clade: Sarcopterygii
Class: Dipnoi
Subclass: Unranked
Order: †Unranked
Family: †Unranked
Genus: †Gosfordia
Species: †G. truncata
November 2015
Canon EOS 60D
EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM
Creative Commons Licence BY 2.0
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Quellenangabe / Credit:
Maja Dumat - CC BY 2.0
I just found this and can't believe it. My first sprouted nepenthes of the year. I have a better feeling about these than of last year's which never got secondary growth. I opened the lid expecting nothing and found what looks like three sprouts. I'm not sure what to do now. They're still covered. These were originally planted 2/14/12.