I should call this ‘In a Cachepot on Monday’. This is one of my favorite containers, an antique Portmerion cachepot with Lilies in a deep burgundy russet color. I bought the cachepot on one of my many ‘junk store’ missions with my mother. It is sitting on my parent’s favorite marble table with a fish tile from another mission.
My husband’s father was a great collector of Christmas Cactus. When he passed on I inherited most of the collection. It took me awhile to figure out how to take care of them so this is the last survivor. I always feel like when this one blooms, it is Glenn giving me a wink and a smile from the great beyond.
Joining the Christmas Cactus are a bit of Blue Tropical Plumbago (P. auriculata) and some Sweet Begonia (B. alba) I have no idea what type of Christmas Cactus I have.
Hopefully it blooms a little longer.
The Shrub Queen 
A great idea to add flowers to a potted plant. I also inherited plants and try to keep them going.
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Thanks, I wish it had bloomed a little more! maybe next year.
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The Christmas cactus doesn’t need much attention so it should survive. The biggest danger seems to be breaking pieces off as one walks past it!
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I found by harsh experience they should not be left outside the screen porch in Summer in South Florida.
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Wow! I’m really surprised. I suppose I think all cactus like the heat but I’m wrong
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There is heat and then there is South Florida in summer heat, they melted.
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Love how you put together this cachepot which is stunning….I also have a pass-a-long Christmas cactus I cherish!
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Thanks, hopefully this one will last.
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I inherited orchids from a friend just before she died. Like you I have been learning about them and losing them. But one of the two remaining ones is budding out and I feel the same way: it’s a special link with that person when their plant succeeds. Even if we lost some of their plants on the way, we cared enough to try.
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Absolutely! Good luck with the Orchids, I have killed many of those personally.
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As expected, a treat for the eyes, from the Christmas Cactus to the pot to the table. Nice bright spot in a hard-work morning.
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Thanks, George – I have been trying to make grapevine baskets!!Wait til I get a good one I will boil it up for you.
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I used to have one from an off-cut of my Mum’s who would have had her original from HER Mum – but I don’t bother with houseplants now as I always forget about them in favour of the garden itself. Let’s hope you have more flowers on yours. Lovely pot and lovely tile too – is the pot surface decorated or is it just an illusion?
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I am terrible about houseplants as well! and that is really the last one. The pot has a Lily pattern cast into the ceramic it is really pretty and marked – I love real made in GB Portmerion.
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The contents of the cachepot make lovely companions. The cactus looks like Schlumbergera truncata. Coincidentally, I have one with flowers of a similar color which I inherited when my mother-in-law passed away 2 years ago. Mine usually blooms near to Thanksgiving but was late this year and reached full bloom closer to Christmas.
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Thanks, I am finding almost everybody has one? Larry’s Dad was good about keeping the tags but they are long gone (he passed almost ten years ago) I had 5 and left a couple outside and they just melted in the summer heat. I can’t recall seeing this one bloom but I think I will repot it and hope for the best.
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Lovely vignette. Isn’t it wonderful how plants can hold memories of special people?
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Yes, Plants remind me of a lot of people!
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Very nice, I love the pure blue of Plumbago. I have a few plants which came from my ex MIL 25 years ago, and some which I lost and have replaced and they still make me think of her.
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I love the blue as well. Amazing how plants remind us of departed friends. Regardless of how they departed!
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My grandmother had a huge one which was her pride and joy. After she died I kept it going for some years and when it died through my neglect I felt terrible. Every time I see one now I feel guilty.
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Oh well, I think I have fried four of these in the Florida sun. I am not feeling guilty yet as I still have this one. I did kill my mother’s last plant gift, I think she would forgive me. Fingers crossed.
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