If you pay attention to these signs, you can save your succulents by catching them early enough. You will also notice that the Easter cactus produces star-shaped blooms, which is not the case with the Christmas or Thanksgiving cactus. The Thanksgiving cactus produces pink flowers sometimes, but it has the same color as the flowers. Elephant Bush plants indoors might require less water than those outdoors. Still, others that propagate through the water method say that the plants do just fine once transplanted from water to soil.