Schlumbergera x buckleyi
Common Name(s):
- Phonetic Spelling
- shlum-BER-ger-uh BUK-lee-eye
- Description
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Container grown houseplants with showy blooms in the fall and winter.
Quick ID
- Cladophylls with 2-3 crenations
- Leaves inconspicuous
- Flowers with elongated tube, anthocyanin hues
- Flowers weakly oblique at apex
- See this plant in the following landscape:
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Attributes:
- Genus:
- Schlumbergera
- Species:
- buckleyi
- Family:
- Cactaceae
- Life Cycle:
- Perennial
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Whole Plant Traits:
- Plant Type:
- Epiphyte
- Houseplant
- Succulent
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Cultural Conditions:
- Soil Drainage:
- Good Drainage
- Occasionally Dry
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Flowers:
- Flower Color:
- Pink
- Purple/Lavender
- Flower Bloom Time:
- Winter
- Flower Shape:
- Tubular
- Flower Description:
- Seasonal bloomer. Flowers are slightly zygomorphic, anthocyanin-pigmented (usually purple, lavender, pink or white). The tube ispurpl elongated, weakly oblique; tepals spreading to recurved, of varying lengths. Stamens inserted on the tube.
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Leaves:
- Leaf Color:
- Green
- Hairs Present:
- No
- Leaf Description:
- Leaves are inconspicuous to lacking. They are represented by setaceous, short hairs from areoles between crenations.
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Stem:
- Stem Color:
- Green
- Stem Is Aromatic:
- No
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Landscape:
- Landscape Location:
- Container
- Houseplants
- Resistance To Challenges:
- Drought
- Dry Soil
