Who wouldn't like a plant that requires very little care (these haven't been re potted in 15 years, and get watered sporadically.) and cover themselves each year with bright exotic flowers?
In a little room upstairs, these are blooming their heads off.
To see the story about how these came to live with me many years ago and why I have a sentimental attachment to them, click here.
For a very funny and highly informative article about them, check out Mr. Subjunctive's post here on his blog, "Plants are the Strangest People." His article also gives the reason why we don't see offered in the trade the more rounded-leaved, Christmas-blooming Schlumbergeras that many of us remember from our childhoods.
Just this evening, I was shopping for Thanksgiving and decided that the salmon and pink Schlumbergeras needed a new friend. Here it is waiting on the back stairs to go up and join its new friends.
