Thursday, December 24, 2009

Living Up to Its Name

I just think it's nifty that Christmas cactuses* bloom so obligingly at, you know, Christmas every year. Just like the name promises. It's just so . . . reassuring.

Right on time for botanical season's greetings.

Merry Christmas Eve!

* I am well aware that the plural of "cactus" is "cacti," but that just looks and sounds so pretentious, I can't make myself use it.
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9 comments:

  1. AnonymousDecember 24, 2009 at 6:46 AM

    Merry Christmas from Las Vegas! LA&A Railroad

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  2. Phoo-DDecember 24, 2009 at 6:47 AM

    Aww...that brings back many fond memories of my grandmother's Christmas catuses. I bet she had 20 and they bloomed every year. So pretty!

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  3. rlsDecember 24, 2009 at 8:31 AM

    Phoo-D, that's exactly what I was going to say! After she passed away, a bunch of us grandkids took cuttings from them, but in keeping with my abilities (or lack thereof), I promptly killed mine. My two older sisters still have theirs going, though.

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  4. AnonymousDecember 24, 2009 at 8:49 AM

    One of ours is blooming away, but one did its thing in November. I guess it thinks it's a thanksgiving cactus.

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  5. dognutmomDecember 24, 2009 at 11:36 AM

    We have a Thanksgiving cactus this year as well :-)

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  6. me againDecember 24, 2009 at 12:16 PM

    What kind of word verification is "coinedop"? Too easy.
    Anyhoo....I killed my christmas cactus a few years ago and decided not to subject any others to my murderous ways.
    ==lennie==

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  7. MiaDecember 24, 2009 at 1:41 PM

    you're lucky. i never could get mine to bloom. merry christmas.

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  8. DaisyDecember 24, 2009 at 8:59 PM

    Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night's sleep! Or something like that.

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  9. FinnyKnitsDecember 28, 2009 at 11:47 AM

    Firstly, I would like to say that my stupid Christmas cactus has halted all blooming and begun to yellow. It's annoying.

    Secondly, I have a funny story about a boy we overheard in the garden department of Home Depot telling his mom that he got, "stinged by cactuses" only to have her correct him by saying, "No, Billy, that's STUNG by cactuses."

    At which point Bubba and I looked at each other, word nerds that we are, and began to howl with rude and uproarious laughter while pointing sort of inconspicuously at the rubes.

    So, Kris, please - I beg you to carry on your typically close attention to grammatical detail by using the plural form of cactus, cacti.

    And that is all the A/R bitching I'll do today.

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