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There are 3 types of these "cacti" (which live on trees in tropical forests & not in dry desert places), One flowers at about Easter time & therefore called "Easter Cactus", Easter cactus | Description, Distribution, & Facts

Then there's the so-called "Christmas cactus" which is 2 different types "Holiday cactus/Thanksgiving cactus" Thanksgiving cactus | plant
which flowers around November.

Then there's the "Christmas cactus" which flowers around Xmas/New Year,
Christmas cactus | Description & Facts

I've grown all 3 over the years but no longer have the "Christmas cactus". The Easter cactus flowers every year for me.

 

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If you look closely at the leaves of Christmas/Holiday Cactus you will see that they are jagged whereas those on the Easter Cactus don't have these jagged leaves but
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The flowers are also totally different, those of Xmas/Holiday Cactus are longer & extend downwards whereas those of Easter Cactus are open, daisy style flowers.
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These cacti are rhipsalidopsis (for Easter cactus) and schlumbergera (for Christnas cactus).

 

Here is a webpage that shows the difference between the 3 cacti.

Christmas Cactus Versus Thanksgiving Cactus Versus Easter Cactus

 

This hasn't stopped flowering since I bought it in July.

 

So, what is it, @pete?

 

Hi @Balc its Mandevilla "sundaville red"

 

Thanks, @pete! It's a nice looking plant & if it flowers like this often what more could you ask of a plant?

I found an interesting page on the Mandevilla Sundaville Red (&s;Sunmandecrim&s;PBR) (Sundaville Series) | Shrubs/RHS Gardening webpage.

 

I've just got to get it through the winter @Balc, I've lost a couple during the winter in the past, I'm not going to give this so much warmth and hope to get it through reasonably dry.

 

I have a Sundaville Pink which really struggled through this Summer's heat. They survive our "Winters".

 

Some Cyclamens which I am surprised to see have not only survived but are also producing many flowers ...









I've got a whole row of them, all with buds. These are only the first ones to open. I don't usually get such success with them.

 

Gorgeous Michael. I love them.

 

Thank you @Victoria, I do too. I'll show the others when they open

 

I have a Bird of Paradise that I've been growing from seed in the kitchen. It must be about 5 years since I sowed the seeds my son brought me back from Spain. There were only 4 seeds in the packet but only 1 germinated.

As I was told it would take years to flower I treated it like a foliage plant that one doesn't expect to flower, like a Rubber Tree plant so you can imagine my delight & surprise when about a month ago a new "leaf" began to emerge. It wes just a long thin stem that seemed to be taking a long time for the leaf to unfurl at first. After a couple of weeks I hardly began to hold out the hope that it might be a flower stem!

I expect the bud that's forming to open in the New Year. I can't show you a picture at the moment because I'm writing this on my phone & don't have any photos of it on here but I'll upload a photo of it from my computer later in the day.