The SPINIEST Cacti I have in my Cactus Collection 🥰❤🌵
@phillipcase3860Ай бұрын
9:40 My buddies!!! They always wanna hug me when I go for hikes in their neighborhood. Friendly, those guys, always wanna come home with you.
@desertplantsofavalonАй бұрын
haha Philip :-D I often come out of the polytunnel with a few of these guys stuck on me haha, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a terrific Tuesday XXXX
@carolstuffАй бұрын
Those are fierce beauties! Thanks for sharing Lyn!
@desertplantsofavalonАй бұрын
So happy you love the fierce spiny cacti collection Carol :-D and thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a terrific Tuesday XXXX
@jillianleblanc9370Ай бұрын
Thank you for Sharing your beautiful cactus lovely collections 🌵🌵😎😎
@desertplantsofavalonАй бұрын
thanks so much Jillian for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a terrific Tuesday XXXX
@horstbluesman54Ай бұрын
Again very nice. 🎉🌵🤗🌵
@desertplantsofavalonАй бұрын
thanks so much Horst for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Berlin for a terrific Tuesday XXXX
@grannyplants1764Ай бұрын
I love the long spines, this was fun! 🌵💚🤗
@desertplantsofavalonАй бұрын
So happy you loved the long fierce spines on the cacti, and thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a terrific Tuesday XXXX
@oddball-zАй бұрын
You're right Lyn i wouldn't want to cuddle with any of those Cacti 😂 but they're beautiful from a distance thanks 💚🌵
@desertplantsofavalonАй бұрын
haha, yes they are lovely to look at but not to touch haha, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a terrific Tuesday XXXX
@danieldook9602Ай бұрын
Lovely plants Lynn they look right at home in the new Polly tunnel sending plant power to you and hanns from easy Yorkshire UK ❤
@desertplantsofavalonАй бұрын
So happy you love the spiny cacti collection Daniel :-D and thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Yorkshire for a terrific Tuesday today XXXX
@morrisparkintheozarks6831Ай бұрын
Love the wicked!!! And yes, it couldn't be complete without cylindropuntias!!! (Chollas) I've had many experiences with these when I lived in California and Arizona!! After walking around the desert, your shoes will be full of them. We always used plyers to pull them out of shoes and skin!! Thanks for sharing Lyn!!! From Morris Park in the Ozarks, have a wonderful day!!! Peace, Love, Plants!!! ✌️💖🌵🌻🌷🌴💐🌱🍀🌿🌸🌳🪴🌹🌾😃👍
@desertplantsofavalonАй бұрын
So happy you love these wicked and fierce spiny cacti too Clyde :-D and ouch with having your shoes filled with the barbed spines of Chollas, my eyes water at the thought of cactus cholla acupuncture of the feet haha, thanks so much Clyde for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, sending you and beautiful Deb and all the pets and plants all lots of love and happiness and PEACE, LOVE, PLANTS and PLANT POWER from Hans and me to Morris Park for a terrific Tuesday XXXX
@CactimaniaАй бұрын
Awesome video, Lyn 😊 The more spines the better I think haha. Although I've never been a big fan of hooked spines, especially when a Mammillaria senelis tried eating my hand when I was a kid 😅 Thank you for sharing with us as always, Lyn. Have a lovely day and new week from Edith & myself to you & Hans ❤️🌵☀️🌺🌸🌼🏜
@desertplantsofavalonАй бұрын
So happy you loved the spiny beasty cacti tour Daz :-D and ouch with the Mammillaria senelis trying to eat your hand as a kid haha, the hooked mammillaria spines really are awful when they get stuck into the skin, thanks so much Daz for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you and beautiful Edith lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to England and Singapore for a terrific Tuesday today XXXX
@OffGridInvestorКүн бұрын
I got about 3 of those. Crazy how you have to push your finger further into the cactus to get it to release.
@supercat438Ай бұрын
Badass spiny plants, amazing! 🤩💞😃 XXXX
@desertplantsofavalonАй бұрын
haha Vera :-D so happy you love the spiny beasties :-D thanks so much for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a terrific vacation and a fantastic Tuesday XXXX
@falzonp1Ай бұрын
Hi Lyn, these spiniest cacti are very beautiful but for me they are just to look at never to go too close haha! I prefer the spineless or those with less spines, but they are still beautiful! That flower on the Epiphyllium is absolutely gorgeous and I am so pleased it flowered for the first time for you. Thanks for sharing this great video! Have a wonderful day and week ahead my friends Lyn and Hans! Lots of love and happiness to you both!
@desertplantsofavalonАй бұрын
hahaha Sylvia :-D these spiny cacti really are huge big 'Biters' and they are definitely ones to admire from afar haha, the Epiphyllum fantasy flower is so beautiful and it was a wonderful surprise to see the bloom for the first time, it really is an incredible stunner, thanks so much Sylvia for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you and Paul lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Malta for a terrific Tuesday today XXXX
@DannyRose-nw9ydАй бұрын
Hi lynnieeeeeee … amazing video. They are spiny prickly beauties and I love them all. Hahahaa what a brilliant video Lyn of all your pricks. Thanks for sharing as always xx ❤️❤️❤️🌵🌵🌵🌵🌵🌵
@desertplantsofavalonАй бұрын
hahahaha Danny :-D so happy you love the video of all these pricks haha, I love these spiny beasts of awesomeness hahaha, thanks so much for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, and Hansie and I are sending you and beautiful Furbabe Nancypops lots of love and happiness and SPINY BEAST PLANT POWERRRRRRRRR hahahaha to Robin Hood County for a terrific Tuesday today XXXX
@grannyplants1764Ай бұрын
@@desertplantsofavalon Omg “all of your pricks” 🤣 I’m stealing that - how I’m introducing my cacti to my guests! 🌵
@desertplantsofavalonАй бұрын
@@grannyplants1764 hahahaha 🤣🤣🤣🌵🌵🌵🥰
@garygilliam1890Ай бұрын
Hello my friends across the blue waters hope all is well you have some nice looking thorny cati hope you two have ma great Sunday from the Carolina’s beautiful blooms
@desertplantsofavalonАй бұрын
So happy you love the spiny cacti Gary :-D and thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to the Carolina's from Hans and me for a terrific Tuesday today XXXX
@ZiggySearchfieldCactusАй бұрын
Cor, you're gonna need a new polytunnel for the Creeping Devil Lyn 😬 I was trying to find one the other day but Mrs Zigs wouldn't let me have one 😬 Not allowed a Jumping Cholla either 🙄 Hope you and Hans have a lovely evening 😊😊🌵🌵
@desertplantsofavalonАй бұрын
haha with Mrs Ziggs not letting you have a creeping Devil, they really are spiny beasts, thanks so much Ziggy for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you and beautiful Jackie lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a terrific Tuesday today XXXX
@petercalthorpe7966Ай бұрын
G'day Lyn, very interesting i do love the spiny cactus. As you know about the one i fell into on my 60th birthday 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣. No longer have that in my collection. I repotted my barrel cactus a couple of years ago and i got spiked a few times 😂😂😂😂. Sending you and Hans lots of love and plenty of cactus power .🌵🌵🌵🌵😍😘😗😙😚❤💋
@desertplantsofavalonАй бұрын
G'day Peter haha :-D so happy you loved the spiny beast cacti collection, and ouch yes that must have been a 60th birthday you will never forget and not the birthday surprise you was expecting haha, thanks so much Peter for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you and beautiful Ellyn lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Downunder for a terrific Tuesday evening XXXX
@petercalthorpe7966Ай бұрын
@@desertplantsofavalon thanks Lyn ⚘❤💋
@desertplantsofavalonАй бұрын
@@petercalthorpe7966 XXXX 🥰❤🌵😄🏝🏜
@linnettecesareo6621Ай бұрын
Just ❤
@desertplantsofavalonАй бұрын
thanks so much Linnette for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a terrific Tuesday XXXX
@czapla9779Ай бұрын
Hello from Poland 😊🌵
@desertplantsofavalonАй бұрын
thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Poland for a terrific Tuesday XXXX
@moonmadn3ss123Ай бұрын
There gorgeous 😍 💚
@desertplantsofavalonАй бұрын
thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday XXXX
@user-by8gq9ql7tАй бұрын
Omg, thanks so much about my Eve's Needles! There's hope after all. Have a great cacti day! Monica
@desertplantsofavalonАй бұрын
Thank you so much Monica for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a super Sunday XXXX
@OffGridInvestorКүн бұрын
They're a pest here in Australia. I got several from roadside cuttings
@user-by8gq9ql7t16 сағат бұрын
@@OffGridInvestor REALLY!!?? This one's my personal PEST. THANKS!
@allonewordcapsАй бұрын
Great video! Cactus 🌵 power to you too!
@desertplantsofavalonАй бұрын
So happy you loved the video Mary and thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a terrific Tuesday XXXX
@ladystardust9707Ай бұрын
Oh, Lyn, I could listen to you talk about cacti all day. Your collection of spiny beauties is incredible! I keep my collection to the less spiny varieties, simply because I’m rather clumsy 😂. I did acquire a large-ish golden barrel cactus which I’m in love with. They’re SO beautiful! We have a plant native to CA called Ocotillo that has some LETHAL spines. They’re awesome plants! Sending you and Hans love and plant power from CA to The Emerald Isle!
@desertplantsofavalonАй бұрын
haha so happy you loved the spiny cactus collection video Ashley, and so happy you have got a wonderful Golden barrel, and thank you so much for your wonderful email you sent, I will be replying back to you very soon, thanks so much Ashley for your wonderful friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to California from Hans and me for a fantastic Tuesday today XXXX
@JamesEndoSanJoseCARealEstate1Ай бұрын
Wow! I love the natural light makes your plants and you even more beautiful!!!🥰 Love the topic, chiliensis, stetsonia, pringlei, and ferocactus. I agree chollas are especially dangerous, with the boxing glove cactus the worst in my collection! Stunning Epi flower! Fun topic and video!!!
@desertplantsofavalonАй бұрын
Awwww thank you so very much James :-D and so happy you loved the spiny cactus collection and the beautiful Epi bloom, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday today XXXX
@JamesEndoSanJoseCARealEstate1Ай бұрын
@@desertplantsofavalon I'm amazed at how that natural light looks so nice. Do you see any change in growth ?
@desertplantsofavalonАй бұрын
@@JamesEndoSanJoseCARealEstate1 The change is growth is amazing James, I have noticed a lot of cacti that were a little bit on the yellow size really started to green back up after I got this new polytunnel, it lets so much more extra light and sun onto the plants, and I have noticed more cacti come into bud and bloom this year than ever XXXX 😄🥰🌵❤
@DFJA01Ай бұрын
Many thanks Lyn for a tour of your beautiful spiny cacti. Actually slightly timely for me, I love the look of spiny cacti but after repotting my Opuntia Santa Rita and Opuntia Humifusa seedlings last night I think I might need to change my preferences - they are only 5-7cm tall but the lower pads have grown some absolutely evil spines on them, and I left my cactus tongs outside and couldn't be bothered to get them - that was a mistake! After the recent thefts from the front of my house Ziggy suggested I should build a fence of Opuntia Stricta to protect them, but I think O. Santa Rita seedlings might be even better!!! Wishing you and Hans a lovely Tuesday evening and Wednesday from gloomy northern Spain! 🙂🌵💚
@heatherstephens9295Ай бұрын
Good grief Lyn! You are super brave having some of these in your collection. I do love the Golden Barrel, have seen some used in landscaping in American gardens & absolutely mind blowing 🤯
@desertplantsofavalonАй бұрын
haha Heather :-D these spiny cacti really are fierce to have in the collection, so happy you love the Golden Barrel, I will have to repot mine very soon, its going to be fun and games repotting that spiny guy haha, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to New Zealand for a terrific Tuesday evening XXXX
@spicemadАй бұрын
From memory, the spiniest ones in my small collection are Oreocereus celsianus, Echinocereus russanthus, Echinocactus grusonii, Mammillaria senilis and Ferocactus (not exactly sure what the species is but think it might be emoryi).
@desertplantsofavalonАй бұрын
Thanks so much for letting me know the spiny cacti you have in your collection too, and thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a terrific Tuesday XXXX
@kaktus_cactusАй бұрын
I love fierce spines but nightmare to repot😂 Fantasy epi is gorgeous
@desertplantsofavalonАй бұрын
So happy you love the Epi Fantasy it really is a stunning bloom, thanks so much Magda for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from Hans and me for a terrific Tuesday XXXX
@newmanmansell760Ай бұрын
You have such dangerously spiny beasts Lyn😅🙌💖I did take a video of a huge brasiliopuntia the other day. Oh, my! yours has a trunk like a tooth pick holder. My prickliest is actually an Echinopsis that I keep in the garden because it injured me so often. The spines are two inches long😬I enjoyed watching as always Lyn🤲🌟
@desertplantsofavalonАй бұрын
WOW with your two inch long spined Echinopsis Newman, haha with the Brasiliopuntia it really is so awful to get near, I always dread having to move it back indoors for the winter as I always end up covered in spines and glochids, so happy you loved the video and thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Japan for a terrific evening XXXX
@MammilariaElongataАй бұрын
Lindos🎉
@desertplantsofavalonАй бұрын
thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a terrific Tuesday XXXX
@janecarter3583Ай бұрын
Hi Lyn, love the video, Spike my toothpick cactus is my spiniest ha ha, even though he's only small 😂😂xxx ❤️❤️❤️
@desertplantsofavalonАй бұрын
So happy you loved the spiny cactus collection video Jane :-D and thats fantastic that your Spike is a wonderful spiny little fella haha, thanks so much for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from Hans and me to Cheshire for a terrific Tuesday XXXX
@janecarter3583Ай бұрын
@@desertplantsofavalon hi Lyn, love to you and Hans, hope you have had a lovely Tuesday, hopefully we will get the nice weather again soon, it's been very mixed here in Warrington 🌞🌞☔☔xxx❤️❤️❤️
@desertplantsofavalonАй бұрын
@@janecarter3583 XXXX 😎🌞⛈☔😆🥰❤❤❤❤❤
@featheredfanАй бұрын
Wow, your plants look great! 👍 Time 03:00 - It looks like something close to Echinopsis/Trichocereus tacaquirensis. They can get very tall. I haven't been able to collect any fruit on ours for several years, for some reason. I just went out and measured the longer spines on some giant Neoraimondia = 16cm or about 6.5 inches. That would (potentially) go through your arm and come out the other side twice!
@desertplantsofavalonАй бұрын
Oh WOW with the giant Neoraimondia spines Bob :-D and at 16cms thats soooooo long haha, so happy you love the big spiny cacti too, thanks so much Bob for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a fantastic new week XXXX
@OffGridInvestorКүн бұрын
I have seen tricho cuzocensis with huge spines. I have a little one which is crossed with a cuzocensis and it's got a few fairly long spines but the genuine type is up to 25cm long spines! The other one I have that is a whole mess of interlocked spines is nipple beehive cactus, I forget the botanical name but it is common in the chihuahua desert of Mexico. The flowers are stunning, pink stripe down the middle of a white petal. We have jumping cactus as a major pests here which have dead birds in them. andeves needle is a pest too. I have about 6 eve needle cacti from cuttings from a giant roadside one.
@sevda-ferrykeskin4071Ай бұрын
👏🌵❤️🌵❤️🌵🙋♀️🙋♀️
@desertplantsofavalonАй бұрын
thanks so much Sevda for your wonderful love and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a terrific Tuesday XXXX
@brocktoon8Ай бұрын
I'll take spines any day over the sinister glochids!!!! 🤣
@desertplantsofavalonАй бұрын
haha yes Glochids are the absolute worst haha, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a terrific Tuesday XXXX
@TerryJentАй бұрын
Hello! How about the most decorative spines? I find cactus can not only look ferocious, but also like they were designed by the most sophisticated computer program on earth! True works of art!
@desertplantsofavalonАй бұрын
Thats a brilliant idea Terry, so many cacti are true works of Art, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday today XXXX
@OffGridInvestorКүн бұрын
Have a look at frailea phaeodisca. It's black spines that lay flat to the cacti but they're in like a fern leaf arrangement. They are tiny, about 2cm across after 3 years. There's frailea asterioides which is a messier looking one with the spines raised. And then there's one in the same family called graphilea. I have decent numbers and tons of seeds of each. Never that cheap but I got a bunch around Christmas and new years when I was the sole bidder on an ebayer here who sells about 25 different cacti a week. I cleaned up while I could.
@k.959Ай бұрын
ferocactus peninsula might not be the spikiest but the hooks catch me.
@desertplantsofavalonАй бұрын
The hooks on Ferocacti really are lethal haha, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a terrific Tuesday XXXX
@emmitstewart1921Ай бұрын
Sclerocactus wrightii.
@desertplantsofavalonАй бұрын
thanks so much Emmit for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a terrific Tuesday XXXX
@dallasstorm2073Ай бұрын
What do you do with the old soil you remove? I really enjoy your videos and appreciate all the information
@desertplantsofavalonАй бұрын
So happy you enjoy my videos and info, I sometimes reuse the soil again if the soil is still in good quality but I compost any soil that has come from plants that have died or have got diseased, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a terrific Tuesday XXXX
@davidrobbins9401Ай бұрын
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@desertplantsofavalonАй бұрын
thanks so much David for your wonderful support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a terrific Tuesday XXXX
@franckelatter9829Ай бұрын
Do u have the small fish hook cactus? It is very hooky, and gets into your skin very quickly. Sorry I don’t know it’s but love your spiny prickle cactus! proper name!!
@desertplantsofavalonАй бұрын
So happy you love the spiny cacti Francke :-D yes I have a small fish hook cactus a little Ferocactus, the spines really do hook into the skin haha, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a terrific Tuesday XXXX
@user-tb8px6hu1qАй бұрын
Hi I got a seedraised Cleistocactus ssp. marginata (Yellow spines) syn. C. baumanniu ssp. chacoanus 'variegata' this week it is still a baby will it also grow like yours. Do you have any information and caring guidance for me about this cactus. ❤😊
@desertplantsofavalonАй бұрын
Thats fantastic you have a Cleistocactus baumanniu ssp chacocanus, I do have a Clesitocactus baumannii, and quite a few other Clesitocacti in my collection, I grow them in a very well draining cactus soil and water them regularly during the spring and summer months once the soil has dried out in the pots, I keep them dry with no watering from late September to late March, I keep them at a minimum of 5c /41F over the winter, they love a bright sunny position too, happy growing and thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a super Sunday XXXX
@user-by8gq9ql7tАй бұрын
Have you information on Eve's Needles? I have 1 with the 20 in total, and 7 are 1 foot high. I couldn't water for too long & they got skinny & some spines (many) came off. I'M CRUSHED! HELP PLEASE. Monica. New Jersey US
@desertplantsofavalonАй бұрын
Hi Monica :-D yes I have 3 Eves needles Cacti, I find that my Eves needles seem to like a lot more frequent watering in summer than my other Cacti otherwise they shrivel quite fast and often drop spines, the good news is with more regular watering your Eves needles should recover well, give them plenty of sunshine and a good watering every time the soil has dried out during the spring and summer months, the young spines start off green and fleshy but naturally drop off as they mature as the green spines are modified leaves that appear before the true spines show, once the green leaved spines drop off the true spines will grow, thanks so much Monica for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to NJ for a terrific Tuesday XXXX
@user-by8gq9ql7t17 сағат бұрын
EVE'S NEEDLES: THAT'S IT! I'm about to toss my Eve's Needles. I've gotta figure out how to send a pic to see if it's dead or worthy of my continual worries, as I know it at least requires repotting & fresh, magical soil. It's just recovering from nasty gnat fungus, which has been treated with MOSQUITO BITS & still is. I'm bed-bound so must wait for friend to come help repot. This plant keeps sprouting babies from the base like I can't believe & I've not seen that in any other pics. This leaves me thinking it's not dead! But it's hideous & the spines are still off. At the end of your reply, you wrote how the green spines shed & new ones are NEEDLES. But all the pics I've seen of mature big ones are like mine were--green, pointed rubbery looking non-invasive "needles." When healthy, these plants look like harmless pointy FAKE RUBBER. Right? The name is total bs. This poor thing lives in the grossest state in all the US... New Jersey. It's LUCKY to be indoors. I brushed all the dead brown needles off, but it looks like the same are returning. Maybe it's ROOT ROT? OMG. Shut me up. Monica You need the pic!