Flowering plants are rather hard to come by at this time of year, especially in the case of houseplants – and not everyone loves poinsettia. Thankfully, there is an underrated cactus – Schlumbergera – that chooses the depths of winter to explode into a profusion of colour and life, rightfully earning itself the nickname of the Christmas cactus.
There are two main types of Christmas cactus: and In the US, the species is known as the Thanksgiving cactus due to its slightly earlier flowering period, but in the UK, both types are sold as Christmas
