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Identifying Characteristics. One way to determine if a plant is a Christmas cactus versus a Thanksgiving cactus is to look at the shape of the plant. Christmas cacti have smooth, scalloped stems, while Thanksgiving cacti have pointed, pronounced stems. “Christmas and Thanksgiving cacti might look similar at first glance, but you’ll notice ...
Elena Grishina / Getty Images. Thanksgiving cactus, Schlumbergera truncata, looks similar to Christmas and Easter cacti, with a few key differences. It shares a similar growth habit and flower shape with the other types. Blooms may be red, pink, purple, orange, multicolor, or white. The other common name for Thanksgiving cactus is crab cactus ...
With their vivid colors, the trio of beloved flowering holiday cacti—Thanksgiving cactus, Christmas cactus, and Easter cactus—cheers up a home on dark winter days. Although their lifespan varies, all three are long-lived houseplants.
Easter cactus plants have flat, star shaped flowers, easy to set apart from the other holiday cacti's elongated blooms. Christmas cactus flowers are drooping with purple-brown anthers. Thanksgiving cactus blooms grow horizontal to the stems and have yellow anthers.
Thanksgiving cactus vs. Christmas cactus—can you tell them apart? Learn about these festive cacti, the Easter cactus, and how to identify each type.
The Christmas cactus (Schlumbergera bridgesi) is fairly well known, but there is also a Thanksgiving cactus (Schlumbergera truncata), and even an Easter cactus (Rhipsalidopsis gaertneri). These flowering cactus plants look kind of similar and have similar care needs, but there are some key differences to know to tell the Thanksgiving cactus and ...
There are three main types of “holiday” cacti out there: the Easter cactus (S. gaertneri), the Thanksgiving cactus (S. truncata), and the Christmas cactus (S. x buckleyi). For simplicity’s sake, we refer to all three species as “Christmas cactus” on this page since the care is the same.