Christmas came a few days late on my cactus this year.

People from a planet without flowers would think we must be mad with joy the whole time to have the things about us.

— Iris Murdoch

Christmas came a few days late on my cactus this year.

[Photo]

Christmas Cactus

[Photo]

Christmas Cactus Blossoms

It’s just getting started, actually. Only about half of the cactus is in bloom now and its smaller clone has only buds. Expect more pictures in the coming days. Better ones, perhaps. I haven’t got the lighting down just right yet, I don’t think.

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