by Lisa Steinkopf | Apr 7, 2021 | #TuesdayTidbits, BLOG, Cactus and Succulents, Holiday Plants, Houseplant Care, Houseplant Flowers, Houseplant Help, Houseplant Profile
My Grandma Eldred’s Easter cactus Since Easter has just passed, I thought I’d share a picture of my Easter cactus, which once belonged to my Grandma Eldred. Background This cactus, Rhipsalidopsis gaertneri, is native to Brazil and is a forest cactus, not a... 
by Lisa Steinkopf | Dec 24, 2020 | BLOG, Cactus and Succulents, Holiday Plants, Houseplant Care, Houseplant Help, Houseplant Memories
If you read my blog you know I am a huge proponent of having a drainage hole in every container. It is easy to drill one with a diamond-tipped drill bit and is a must, in my opinion. If you are using a pot without a drainage hole, I suggest using it as a cachepot that... 
by Lisa Steinkopf | Dec 18, 2019 | #TuesdayTidbits, BLOG, Cactus and Succulents, Holiday Plants, Houseplant Flowers, Houseplant Profile
We already discussed holiday cactus this month, but there are a couple more things I wanted to tell you about them. These are just tidbits of information which is what Tuesday tidbits is all about. I’m probably going to tell you more than you wanted to know... 
by Lisa Steinkopf | Dec 4, 2018 | #TuesdayTidbits, BLOG, Cactus and Succulents, Houseplant Care, Houseplant Flowers
I love Thanksgiving cactus and when they flower, they are amazing. So it is disappointing when the time comes for them to flower and only a few flowers appear and only on one side of the plant. What happened?! I actually got it to flower, but it is only on one... 
by Lisa Steinkopf | Jan 10, 2016 | African violets, BLOG, Cactus and Succulents, Ferns, Foliage Houseplants, gesneriads, Houseplant Flowers, Houseplant Kitsch, orchids
Today is Houseplant Appreciation Day, which of course is every day for me. There isn’t a day that goes by in my house that one or many houseplants aren’t being taken care of. The sheer number of them makes this necessary. The thing is, I love it!... 
