Almost Free Cactuses/Succulents

11 years ago

I popped into Walmart's garden center on a whim, and found them "giving away" their remaining Easter cactus and blooming Kalanchoe. They were .02 each. Yes, no typo, two CENTS each. I have pretty good luck reblooming my holiday cactuses so I nabbed a few of them, most of which were still in bloom. I kept a red one and a white one for my own personal collection, and these will be given away to friends and family when they rebloom. The Kalanchoe aren't one of my favorite plants but I'll give them a try, too. For .02, though, even the pots are worth that! I just thought I'd mention it in case others wanted to check their local stores to see if they are on sale there. My store had dozens of them. I didn't take them all, but I did spend .50 cents! ;-)

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rina_Ontario,Canada 5a
11 years ago
That is a good deal; are they by any chance Rhipsalidopsis - Easter cactus (also named Spring cactus sometimes). I bought similar but for about$6/ea...and yes, even small plastic pot is more than .02
Here is pic - are they same?

Rina
stonetreehouse
Original Author
11 years ago
Hi, Rina, Yes, they are the Rhipsalidopsis variety with no spikes on the leaves. They are well rooted, full, healthy little plants. It's a fantastic deal. Hopefully your local store will have some and they'll be on clearance, too. My store had magenta, pale pink, white, and bright red.
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rina_Ontario,Canada 5a
11 years ago
No, they only had red & magenta; I would have snapped other colors too. It was Home depot where I found them.
They need to be repotted, right? Mine were dripping water, had them sitting on newspaper & it got soaked thoroughly.
Looks like the kalanchoes have double flowers.
Rina
ehuns27 7a PA
11 years ago
Great find!

The WM near me has an absolutely horrendous garden center :(

-Erica
stonetreehouse
Original Author
11 years ago
Rina, these were moist but not dripping. I removed all the spent blooms and seed pods and the decorative Easter mylar wrap but left the blooms that still looked healthy, to just enjoy them. I will remove them as they wilt. I probably won't repot them. They have plenty of room in their nursery pots. They're on my lighted plant stand right now and will likely spend some time on my covered back porch later in the spring and summer. Then, they'll be back inside to overwinter. Fortunately, it's not a used room so I can easily control the lighting to, hopefully, encourage reblooming next spring. I'm not at all sure what I'm going to do with the Kalanchoes, though. Those I may repot and just hand out to friends now.

Erica, I'm definitely not a WM shopper. It's been over a year since I've been in one. The garden center tempted me that day and I'm not sure why. Maybe those plants were calling out for a savior. ;-)

I do hope others will check their local stores and see if they can grab a couple of these for such a good price. I really like the look of the plant even when it's not in bloom.