you might actually have a straight-up Thanksgiving or Christmas cactus with nothing else mixed in. It's also possible it could be yet another look-alike plant known as the Easter cactus ...

The easiest way to tell the difference among Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter cacti is to look at their stem segments. The Thanksgiving cactus has the pointiest spikes on each segment ...

Christmas cactuses, and the closely related Thanksgiving and Easter cactuses, are not your standard cactus plants. Not only do these cactuses not produce spines, but they’re actually tropical ...