kihaku-gato:

So then, speaking of Schlumbergeras here is my collection of them again. Despite my post before of getting some of them to bud/bloom, they were still blooming poorly with a lot of bud drop. So desperate times called for desperate measures; I moved the quarantine lights to the cooler bedroom (with that, the areogarden lights became the quarantine lights), propped them up with some chairs, placed the Schlumbergeras inside, and then blanketed them over with some spare blankets (not the wisest choice of material but it’ll have to do) to make sure no other light got in, and have been keeping the air conditioner on for 80% of the time. Since then they have been doing better.

letsturtwigthings, jerscaplants, omgplants, and- somebody (I can’t remember who… sorry) have mentioned before that they have had difficulty getting their Schlumbergera (ie- Christmas/Thanksgiving Cacti) to flower, so here are my findings from my own of the two common influences (may I add that it may take over a month before you see results):

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*blows dust off old post* @hqcreations this post may be up your ally for inducing your Schlumbergera plant to bloom.

I’ve been fortunate that the old countryside farmhouse that they’re in now is ideal for inducing flowers, however I definitely had to keep more watch when I was living in that ungodly hot apartment that had city lights constantly shining in (I even had a lot of bud drop due to the hot/dry air back in that place). Imo this info is still applicable and I hope it helps you.

Also I can say that Schlumbergera x buckeyi is a bit slower to induce to bloom than S. truncata and tends to be a few weeks to even a month later than its more common cousin.