How to get your Christmas cactus to bloom

So last year I bought a Christmas cactus that was already blooming. When it finished blooming it looked pretty sad and I almost threw it away.

But I couldn’t just toss out something that was still alive. So I set it out on the patio table.

It stayed there the rest of the winter. Then spring, summer and fall came and went. I mostly ignored it, giving it small amounts of water every once in a while. It was completely ignored during the heat of the Texas summer.

Amazingly enough I started seeing new growth in November and then buds started coming out in December and now I have blooms.

So how do you get your Christmas cactus to bloom? Just ignore it for the most part and then wait. I can’t wait to see it in full bloom.