FREE: Awesome Pencil Cactus Christmas Cactus

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This is a super-easy to grow cactus that decorates itself with red "Christmas tree balls", giving it the name Christmas Cactus. It's sometimes called Desert Christmas Cactus, or Tasajllo. The red balls sprout into several new plants, sometimes even while still on the parent plant. It's hardy here in Central Texas, and adds a welcome spot of color to the yard, for months. These photos were taken recently, and you can see some of the red decorations on the plant that form after the 1" greenish-yellow blooms in the spring. The "fingers" on the plant are about 1"-3" long, and I'll mail the winner a piece of a cactus branch that's about 4-6" long with at least three "fingers" included, so you can start your very own gorgeous plants.

This cactus would make a nice houseplant, but it stays outside here, and it can tolerate some cold. Last winter we had temps in the low teens here several times, plus were iced in once, and then were snowed in for a few days, and it didn't seem to bother it.

There's a lot of info at the following links about this cactus, if you want to learn more about it:

http://uvalde.tamu.edu/herbarium/trees-shrubs-common-name-index/desert-christmas-cactus/

http://arizonensis.org/sonoran/fieldguide/plantae/cylindro_leptocaulis.html

If you win, it's yours, but you must e-mail me your Listia-verified mailing address and PayPal me the shipping within 7 days of auction ending, or I keep your points and you forfeit the goodies. Sorry about the shipping fee, but I just can't afford to send out the packages without your help. No bidders' remorse, all Listia rules apply, and let's just have some fun with this!

If there is any problem, please contact me about it, and I'll do my best to make it right. If you win and decide you don't want it, please let me know, so I can re-list it.

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