Schlumbergera -Mom's Crab Claw 4 cuttings blush pink Family Heirloom since 1927

Description: BUYERS PLEASE NOTE: effective today, Wednesday, February 23, 2022 All of my listings on this site will be for one unit only. I will have additional units for purchase. ... usually 6 or more of item listed. Just email me with the total units of that item you would like to buy and I will quote you a discounted price over that which this Site would calculate for you. As all FREE SHIPPING listings have a built in shipping charge. This site does not refund to the Seller any fees for selling and State Tax collected from buyer when the Seller is issuing a PARTIAL refund to the Buyer. Only time they do 100% refund is when an order is cancelled. Let's have a full understanding of what is what before you spend money.--------------------------------------------BUYERS ... Mom Nature is finally letting up her grip on use here in western pennsylvlania .... shortly my shipping times will be back to normal and all orders then will be shipped asap with weather permitting NOTE: Before i ship your order I monitor your local temperature and mine and will NOT ship your purchase until I have a 5 to 7 day window of above 34 degrees of daytime temperature and those days with above 28 degree night temperatures for your zip code PLEASE NOTE THAT MANY HOLIDAY CACTUS SOLD ON ETSY ARE NOT AS THEY ARE ADVERTISED ... many sellers confuse the ZYGOCACTUS family of many colors and blooms early for Thanksgiving with the SCHLUMBERGERA family of cactus which are the TRUE 'CHRISTMAS' CACTUS ... please note the leaf blade margins for the two different holiday cactus families ... the zygos and the schlumbergera take notice of my second to last jpg of leaf blades and you will notice that the zygos and schlumbergera often called crab claw cactus are very different left to right in the leaf blade jpg pictured second to last of my jpgs .. crab claw zygos crab claw zygos .... both with very distinctive leaf blade edge margins I am offering for sale and delivered to your doorstep via USPS First Class Four (4) freshly cut stem cuttings (inter nodal or terminal or both) of 'Mom's Crab Claw Blush Pink Cactus' - Each square is one inch. This member of Schlumbergera Genus is well known for its ability to flower, depending on lighting and temperature, from november to mid april. I have had mine flower in all of those holiday periods as well as an occasional flower out of season. Usually a month or more, for me, is the length of blooming … the cooler the temperature the longer the blooms last. This plant's genes have not changed since 1927 and therefore, is as close to a true Schlumbergera you can have … widely used for hybridizing. The margins of the leaf blade are smooth to roundness and that separates it from other similar plants but, with jagged or pointed margins on the leaf blade. This past winter the mother plant of 5 cuttings in a 3.5 x 3.5 pot flowered over 90 blooms and few just didn't make it … so being fed and watered and maintained correctly there is no need for crockery pot of say 2 gallon of soil. So after almost 8 years of growing in the small pot I will be repotting the mother pllant this spring and then only into an 8 inch hanging basket for a few more years. Finally, July 2021) the mother plant was moved from the 3.5 inch pot and divided into two 8 inch hanging baskets Very easy to grow and relatively disease and pest free ... almost care free except for watering and given some tlc. This plant is not WINTER hardy and will be lost if temp goes below 32 degrees. Directions for rooting, growing and enjoying your three new plants will be enclosed. When you order arrives please don't fret about getting the cuttings into water or soil or rooting medium … as it is best to let the open flesh cuts dry and start a callusing process which most succulents require before you stick them into rooting medium. Please don't expect 3 carbon copies of cuttings identical to each other in shape and form. Mother Nature doesn't permit that in her shipping room. There will cuttings of rounded stem, flat and wide blade leaf/stem, and even odd shaped cuttings such as triangle or square shape ... this plant has its own mind when growing new plant shoots. Living a fine life involving plants and gardening since I was 3 years old and now at age 82, I have decided to make available some plant material and or heirloom seeds from my gardens over the years so you may also enjoy and propagate and pass on to your friends and family much shared enjoyment. Over the years I have had interest in heirloom tomatoes, sweet and hot peppers and currently have a seed bank of over 100,00 seeds and I will be offering some of my little girl's seeds for others to grow and enjoy. I have selected some mutations of tomatoes and peppers and have cultured or grown then into a cultivar worthy of naming and making available to other gardeners and it is those cultivars which I call 'my little girls' ... more on this when I post more listings on ETSY. If you have an interest in growing or producing new (your own creation) cultivars email me and lets cuss and discuss your interest. Thanks for making it through my gibberish … in a way it's like weeding a garden … wink. This is an interesting Crab Claw Cactus and it has been handed down in our family since 1927 and you can see from the blooms and growth habit it is an exciting and rewarding plant to grow and own and maybe show off to your special friends. It can be maintained at most any size .. but what you see in the hanging basket is an ideal plant size. Easy to have outside as well as inside near a part day sunny window in winter time. It is related to the Zygocactus but you see from the leaf edges the two are different and also different in growth habit. Zygos will grown more upward and Crab Claws tend grow downward. I was given a stem cutting back in 2005 of one of the plants off of the original plant. The single bloom shown in the picture brought back so many fine memories as the last time I had seen that flower bloom was over 45 years. Now I have it back to grow and reflect upon ... many fine memories can be conjured up at times caring for and watching that plant bloom. Other pictures show various clones of the 2005 plant Reproducing a plant from stem tissue is termed 'cloning' or asexual reproduction as nothing genetically changes and pollen from other plants have no effect on the original genetic make up of new plant produced. Environmental and nutritional stresses as well as the owner's tender loving care will affect any plant's growth, color of bloom and on and on. I ship only on Mondays and Tuesday and Friday and Saturday. Precaution is taken to ship during a period of a week which non-freezing weather permits. Later in the spring I will be offering Mom's Crab Claw Cactus rooted cuttings which will ship bare rooted and ready for your pot full of soil. I desire much gardening success for you when rooting cuttings, establishing ground-covers and growing my seeds. Being a retired Vocational Agriculture Instructor I am more than willing to help you, maybe, solve some of your gardening concerns and, maybe, assist you with better plants ... from rooting, germination and to fruit on the table and an admirable bloom to smile at. PLEASE NOTE: Since you may not live my local area I cannot be responsible for your garden's success or success of raising plants from my seed or cuttings therefore, my legal and financial responsibility is limited to the COST of item(s) purchased from me. Feel free to email me with any concern or questions you might have …since we can't do it over coffee … lets do it via email.

Price: 20.24 USD

Location: Youngstown, Pennsylvania

End Time: 2024-01-01T19:45:23.000Z

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