SCHLUMBERGERA RUSSELLIANA
(or ZYGOCACTUS)
(or CHRISTMAS CACTUS)
photo 9/9
taken on: 2016/03/16
The opening is complete. The first picture of the bud was taken on 2016/02/23 and the bud was one week old. The current photo was taken 30 days after the first one.
Thus, the opening of the bloom is complete 5 weeks after the birth of the bud.
All is in conformity concerning the identification, in particular:
1- Blossoming is particularly late for a Schlumbergera, which is normal for this Schlumbergera.
2- The stems are rounded and smaller than those of other Schlumbergera.
3- The blooms have a quadrangular ovary and are actinomorphic, this last point being false for all other Schlumbergera.
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