Its cultural requirements are relatively simple, and once mastered, highly marketable flowering plants can be produced. Holiday cactus is sometimes marketed as Christmas cactus, Thanksgiving cactus, or Zygocactus. It is a common houseplant but is not often grown commercially.
Plants have segments with rounded margins, ribbed ovaries, and purplish-brown anthers.
Most commercial cultivars of holiday cactus are actually Schlumbergera truncata , commonly known as Thanksgiving cactus or Zygocactus. Thanksgiving cactus has segments with conspicuous teeth on the margins, rounded ovaries with no ribs, and yellow anthers. Under natural photoperiods, Thanksgiving cactus flowers about 4 to 6 weeks earlier than Christmas cactus. Some cultivars of holiday cactus are derived from crossing Christmas cactus and Thanksgiving cactus, and have characteristics that are intermediate between the parents. Cultivars Many cultivars of holiday cactus are grown commercially.