EN--Patience (The Christmas cactus)

There are many hybrids of the Christmas Cactus or as it is called in Greek, patience. And from this point of view is really a cactus. Both plants and flowers can vary in shape and color. The flowers can be white or any shade of pink or even red. Some of the varieties were known as Christmas cactus because, with proper care, blooming about Christmas.
Just like other cacti in this category, patience should never be exposed to direct sunlight, especially in summer. The best lighting for spring and autumn are plenty of light through a window, but not direct sunlight. The winter sun is not so strong, it does not hurt these plants.The buds begin to form in early autumn and as the days begin to shorten, started blooming. As the days are shorter during that determines flowering, once formed the first buds not keep the plant in a room where lights will turn on after sundown. Either move the plant to a dark room and when sourouposei xanaferte into place in the morning or take a dark cover over it and uncover it again in the morning. You should follow this process from the beginning of autumn and to continue until you see the buds to form.If you start this "cure" 6-8 weeks before Christmas, you have very good chances to get a flowery patience in celebration. Although if you follow this practice, the plant will not bloom, you may keep it in the dark more than they should or perhaps the room temperature is too high. The plant will be located in a cool environment, a few weeks before flowering.Once the buds form, place the plant in a bright spot (but not in direct sunlight) and leave it there. Do not turn the pot by the time the buds are formed because they may fall. This is because when the buds are small, if you turn the plant will move some of them away from light. They will probably try to turn back to regain the light and this effort will exhausted. . . so will fall. Other causes that can cause this is the cool currents, sudden changes in temperature, insufficient or excessive moisture in the roots, very dry environment / atmosphere and perhaps a pot that is too large for your plant.
The average temperature of a house is suitable throughout the year.
The soil must have good drainage. Any good soil for houseplants is suitable enough to add the sand to ensure good drainage. It would also be good to add some peat because in these plants like a little acidity in the soil.
Patience multiply easily at any time in the spring or summer cutting sprigs. Cut a piece of branch, consisting of 2-3 branches, allow the cut end to dry for a few hours and then Transplant it into a small pot with suitable soil, as described above. Press the twig as deep as needed to stand up. You can plant many twigs around in a larger pot. Treat these like twigs freskofytemena be mature plants and wait to see them grow actively after about 4 weeks.Nurseries have perfected the art of doing Patience but other plants bloom just at Christmas. So do not be disappointed if you did not catch Patience to bloom at Christmas since under normal circumstances many of these plants bloom sometime after Christmas.