Different Types of Christmas Cactus (12 Stunning Varieties You Didn’t Know Existed)

Collage of Christmas cactus varieties in peach, pink, red, white, gold, and orange tones.
I used to think a Christmas cactus only came in one shade of pink, the kind my grandmother kept on ...
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False Christmas Cactus (5 Signs You’ve Been Fooled, And Why It’s Not Your Fault)

Blooming pink Thanksgiving cactus with pointed jagged stem segments in a terracotta pot.
I nearly returned mine. A few years back, my “Christmas cactus” burst into bloom in mid-November, and I figured the ...
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Christmas Cactus vs Thanksgiving Cactus (7 Signs You’ve Had the Wrong One All Along)

Pink Christmas cactus blooming on a wooden windowsill in a cozy sunlit living room.
Every November, a well-meaning neighbor hands me a foil-wrapped pot and says, “Here, a Christmas cactus!” And every November, I ...
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How to Revive a Dying Pothos Plant (7 Causes Diagnosed, One Recovery Plan for Each)

Dying pothos plant with yellowing, drooping, and brown-edged leaves in a pot on a sunny outdoor corridor.
I came back from a two-week trip to find my pothos looking nothing like the plant I left behind, mushy ...
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Why Is My Pothos Leggy? (5 Causes Diagnosed, And the Fix for Each One)

Leggy pothos with long sparse vines trailing from a pot on a sunlit urban balcony.
My pothos used to spill thick and full off the bookshelf, but somewhere over the past year it turned into ...
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Pothos Leaves Turning White (Is It Normal or a Warning Sign? 7 Causes Explained)

Pothos plant with several pale white and green variegated leaves on a wooden indoor shelf.
My first Marble Queen pothos showed up with leaves that were nearly half white, and for a solid week I ...
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Pothos Leaves Turning Black (8 Causes You’re Probably Missing, And How to Fix Each One)

Pothos plant with blackened leaf patches in a white ceramic pot on a wooden shelf.
My pothos had been trailing happily along the same shelf for over a year when I noticed the newest leaf ...
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Pothos Pests (7 Bugs That Are Secretly Destroying Your Plant, And How to Stop Them)

Pothos plant with white mealybug-like pest clusters on the stems and leaf nodes.
My pothos sat on the kitchen windowsill for three years, so when sticky honeydew showed up on the leaves, I ...
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Brown Spots on Pothos Stem (The 10-Second Check Before You Panic)

I found a cluster of small brown bumps running along one of my pothos stems and immediately assumed I was ...
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Brown Spots on Pothos Leaves (The Simple Touch Test That Reveals What’s Wrong)

Pothos leaves with brown spots trailing from a recessed indoor shelf.
I once found a cluster of brown spots on one of my pothos leaves and immediately assumed the worst, root ...
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