Daniel's Pacific NW Garden

Last winter, I bought these two " Christmas Cactus " plants to cheer up my office.  I think they are more correctly called ...

Schlumbergera.  11.27.14 This is my oldest Shlumbergera.  Started from cuttings, about 2003 I'm guessing.  Nice salmon color.  Just ...

 The Schlumbergeras didn't get much attention this year.  I left them on the shady east side of the house and watered when I thought o...

They are way to easy to grow and bloom. Downside: as they grow larger, the flowers face downwards. If hanging, that's fine. On a tab...

I took the best looking Schlumbergera to work, so no pics of those! This one was left to dry out too much this summer, but is making a nic...

Just homework today. Goals tomorrow: Get through homework backlog (yeah, right) Inflate bike tires. Leave them for a few days to see if ...

There is such a thing as having too many Schlumbergeras. Over the years, I've thought "that's a cool looking one, it's smal...

This salmon colored Schumbergera is usually the first to bloom. This year I took some cuttings from this plant, they are just beginning to m...

Another Schlumbergera in full bloom. They all did great this year, some are starting to fade but have a second set of buds. I like the 2n...

Several are in full bloom now. Schlumbergera = "Holiday cactus" = "Thanksgiving cactus" = "Zygocactus" = some...

Day off today, lots of homework to do. Fortunatly I have my new home office for that. The schlumbergera are budding profusely. I need to cl...

Will plan on amending with some pics later. One week ago I returned from 10 days in Southern China. I was about as far as it's possible...

Holiday Cactus. Obviously, I don't need more of them, but it's interesting trying to see if I can create hybrids and grow them from ...

The rest of today will be a homework day. This is made tolerable by the cold & snow outside, and my furry companion and some bright flow...

Schlumbergera are blooming profusely. Most are from previous years, but the red/white mix and the pink are new this year. By growing severa...

The color is a little off - it's more of a salmon shade. Given the date, this would be more like "Election Day Cactus" instead...

Too much going on to concentrate on my favorite activity - gardening. Fortunately is is semi-self-maintaining. Weeds are growing in the dorm...

The rest of the collected leaves were added to thinning mulch around blueberries and a few other areas. If I had time, I would collect ...