Talk:Holiday Cactus
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This article covers several species in more than one genus, all used similarly in horticulture, so a taxobox would be inappropriate. The linked genera have taxoboxes, and were the species to have their own articles, they would also have taxoboxes.
[edit] Blooming?
How does blooming know to occur each year around the Holidays? Other perennial bloomers are triggered by hot weather, presumably, so this would be interesting to expound upon.
I found this article which says that whereas Easter Cacti are sent into bloom by a dry period, Holiday Cacti are sent into bloom by cool temperatures and short days (low light?). http://web.extension.uiuc.edu/state/newsdetail.cfm?NewsID=8570
Can some with a horticulture background provide a definitive answer with reference?
