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title: "Hello guys. I have this Christmas cactus that I rescued, it was so…"
description: "Hello guys. I have this Christmas cactus that I rescued, it was so dry the dirt couldn’t get a knife through it. I soaked it, saved it, and it’s perked up,…"
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published: "2025-01-09T17:39:28.566767Z"
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# Hello guys. I have this Christmas cactus that I rescued, it was so…

_plant mommy님이 2025-01-09에 게시함_

Hello guys. I have this Christmas cactus that I rescued, it was so dry the dirt couldn’t get a knife through it. I soaked it, saved it, and it’s perked up, grown some babies and got back lots of green. However, when I found it the drought had left its leaves almost completely purple. They are much better now, but it’s been six months and the purple is still there. What’s up?  
Here’s it now btw

![1개 중 1번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/oSmsj9ZeTudUy_SGSFsSTB_S0wTy-InRFgPpYJVLbIU/AI6djm9OTp2rXd-0ANRgZA.webp?size=large)

## 4개의 댓글

### Tee Jay님이 2025-01-10에 댓글을 남겼어요.

I think the purple is from sunstress. Totally normal!

#### plant mommy님이 2025-01-10에 답변했습니다.

Okay. Do you know any way to get rid of it?

#### Frondsie님이 2025-01-11에 답변했습니다.

Once leaves turn a different color they won’t ever return to the first color. HOWEVER, because you are a caring human and take such good care of this zygocactus the new growth will be the original colors.

#### Tee Jay님이 2025-01-11에 답변했습니다.

Move your plant out of direct light?

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