Like a brilliantly-colored bird rising from the jungle, the blossom of a Christmas Cactus
expands from the tip of one of the plant's arms. The Christmas Cactus is so named because
it allegedly blooms each Christmas. In the case of this specimen, the blooms missed two
holiday seasons but finally blossomed in mid-May. The actual length of the blossom
is about two inches or roughly fifty millimeters.