-=>> Quoting Jerryl Evanee to Doris Dignard <=-
JE>> ... one with a few dozen blooms - ... They had not opened. I got the 
little plant home, and
JE>> though one or two opened,the rest fell off.
 MB> I've had that happened, the change in conditions seem to do that. I 
guess temps
 MB> and humidity, maybe even the light. But I guess temps is the big one. I 
live in
 MB> Florida so I always have kept mine out on the patio, whenever I bring 
them in the
 MB> house they've immediately rewarded me by dropping all their blooms.  :(
Remembering that these cacti are not desert dwellers (which is what most of 
us think of when we think of "cactus") but rather, tropicals 
(rhipsalidopsis/Easter, Zyogcactus/Thanksgiving, or Schlumbergera/Christmas) 
are all epiphytes (tree crotch dwellers) from the tropical forests of S. Am.  
Low humidity would definitely be a major factor, as would light 
availability... (most all "bloomers' require 2-4 hours of direct sun/day).
As I shared, in an earlier post on this subject, if you give them 
(Thanksgiving, Christmas) 45-50'F for four weeks (or until they set bud), you 
should get bloom.  For Easter, the temp needs to be about 5'F less (40-45'F). 
 They also appreciate being pot-bound, so it is best not to be kind by giving 
it a bigger pot at the end of the summer   :)
(Marilyn, I *could*  keep mine out on the patio, also, but it would go 
straight to the compost pile, as soon as it thawed out   :)
cheers,
WL Sakowski
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