Easter cactus

English

An Easter cactus in bloom

Noun

Easter cactus (plural Easter cactuses or Easter cacti or Easter cactus)

1. A type of cactus grown as an ornamental plant, Schlumbergera gaertneri.
   • 2012 December 22, Trish Grenfell, “Ask the Master Gardener”, in Colfax Record‎^[1]:

     The flowers of the Easter cactus are rounder and more daisy-like than tubular types of the other two cacti. They come in a broad range of spring colors: yellows, pinks, peaches, reds and white.

See also

• Christmas cactus

References

• Easter cactus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Schlumbergera gaertneri on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Schlumbergera gaertneri on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons