Christmas cactus flowered at last

Christmas cactus in flower

After two years, my christmas cactus has finally flowered again! Earlier this year I moved it from the living room to a place at the top of the stairs, and it seems to have done the trick. I read somewhere that the main factor that makes them flower is light: around Christmas time the days are shorter, so when the plant receives light fewer hours per day, it flowers. It was darkness that the plant needed. And where it is now we never have the lights on for a long time, unlike the living room. I know these plants are supposed to be very easy maintenance, but it has taken me two years and I'm very proud of these flowers!

Estas plantas, el cactus de navidad, se supone que son muy faciles de cuidar, pero a mi me ha llevado dos anos conseguir que volviese a florecer. Yo antes la tenia en el salon, pero lei que es la oscuridad lo que las hace florecer asi que la movi al hueco de las escaleras, donde nuca tenemos las luces encedidas durante mucho tiempo, y parece que funciono! En esta epoca del ano, hacia navidad, los dias son mas cortos y por eso la planta florece por ahora. Me ha costado dos anos conseguir flores, pero estoy muy orgullosa de ellas.