Awwww thank you so very much Mark :-D that is so kind of you to say that and thanks so much for your wonderful comments and for watching XXXX

Cacti flowers are the BEST haha, and you have the most incredible super bloomers :-D thanks so much Ana for your wonderful support and comment and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you lots of love and happiness and CAFFEINE and PLANT POWER to Las Vegas for a wonderful new week ahead XXXX

So happy you enjoyed the video Scott and thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a fantastic Tuesday XXXX

So happy you love cacti videos and the blooms :-D thanks so much for watching and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful new week XXXX

So happy you enjoyed the video Peter :-D and thanks so much for your wonderful friendship and support and amazing comment and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you and Ellyn lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Downunder for a wonderful new week XXXX

@@desertplantsofavalon , thsnks Lyn ⚘😗

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thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday XXXX

thanks so much Ken for your wonderful support and comments and for watching and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Japan for a wonderful new week XXXX

So happy you liked the info Dear Kathy :-D and thanks so much for your wonderful support and comment and for watching and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful new week XXXX

Thanks so much Christine for the ID with the Mammillaria :-D and thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from across the Emerald Isle for a wonderful new week XXXX

Thats brilliant you was able to ID your Gymno Marie :-D the Pflanzii is such a beautiful blooming Gymno

So happy you love the collection, and thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching, wishing you a fantastic plant powered Sunday XXXX

Thank you so much, and thanks for your wonderful comment and for watching and have a fantastic plant powered weekend XXXX

Thanks so much Cher :-D its a hard decision to choose the best flowering cacti as they are all so amazing haha :-D thanks so much for your wonderful friendship and amazing support and comment and for watching and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Queensland, Australia for a wonderful new week XXXX

haha with the Schlumbergera and Euphorbia :-D so true when we mention these names, people look at us like we are crazy haha :-D Thanks so much for the ID with the Mammillaria, you are a STAR :-D thanks so much Clyde for your wonderful friendship and amazing support and comment and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you and beautiful Deb and all the pets and plants all lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Morris Park in the Ozarks for a wonderful new week XXXX

haha with the 1960's :-D yes I love the Mammillaria blooms with their little ring around them like the 60's hippy power haha :-D thanks so much Michele for your wonderful support and comment and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful new week XXXX

So happy you enjoyed the video Fiona :-D and thanks so much for your wonderful support and comment and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Italy for a wonderful new week XXXX

So true Todd, Orchids and cactus are the BEST haha :-D its been a wonderful year for the cactus blooms, thanks so much for your wonderful support and comment and for watching and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Florida for a wonderful new week XXXX

So happy you love the flowers on the Cacti, and thank you so much for your wonderful comments and for watching XXXXX

So happy you enjoyed the video for the best flowering cacti Molly :-D and thanks so much for your wonderful support and fantastic comment and for watching and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from Belfast to Malaysia for a wonderful new week XXXX

So happy you love the flowers George and thanks so much for your wonderful support and comment and for watching and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Moldova for a wonderful new week XXXX

Thanks so much Greg :-D cacti flowers are amazing :-D thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful new week XXXX

So happy you enjoyed the video Fernanda :-D and thanks so much for your wonderful support and amazing comment and for watching and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Portugal for a wonderful new week XXXX

thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful new week XXXX

So happy you enjoyed the video and thanks so much Miche for your wonderful support and comment and for watching and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful new week XXXX

Thank you so very much for your wonderful comment and for watching, God bless you too XXXX

So happy you enjoyed the video Daz :-D and these top 10 are definitely good bloomers, I wish the summer could go on forever haha, its been a wonderful blooming year, thanks so much for your wonderful friendship and amazing support and comments 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 wonderful new week ahead XXXX

So happy you loved the flowering video Mickey :-D and thanks so very much for all of your amazing support and fantastic comments and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from across the Emerald Isle for a fantastic Tuesday today XXXX

So happy you love walking through the polytunnel with me, and yes I definitely think you should try one of these beauties haha :-D thanks so much Sheila for your wonderful support and comment and for watching and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful new week XXXX

Thats fantastic you have lots of new cacti seeds for your wish list haha :-D its too tempting, thanks so much for your wonderful support and comment and for watching and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful and blessed new week XXXX

Desert Plants of Avalon It really is!! 😄 Thanks luv!!! 💚💚

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Awwww thank you so very much Sophie :-D and thanks so much for your wonderful support and comments and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a fantastic Tuesday XXXX

thanks so much Ziggy for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful new week XXXX

Thanks so much Dear Renate :-D so happy you enjoyed the video on the best flowering cacti, its been a fantastic year for the cacti flowers, and soon the Schlumbergera's will be starting to form buds and flowers, thanks so much Dear Renate for all of your wonderful friendship and amazing support and comments and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Vienna for a wonderful new week XXXX

I bet you will have a blooming lovely Spring and Summer this year Mick :-D and thats perfect that you have given your plants that needed a drink a bit of water, its safe to water any that are showing signs of shrivelling or in need of a drink, thanks so much Mick for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a fantastic Friday XXXXX

So happy you enjoyed the video Denis :-D and thanks so much for your wonderful friendship and support and comments and for watching and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Serbia for a wonderful new week XXXX

haha yes it was difficult to choose from all the wonderful cacti bloomers, I wanted to choose them all, thanks so much Magda for your wonderful support and comment and for watching and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful new week XXXX

So happy you love the collection Jutta :-D and I bet next year your plants will all be blooming lovely, thanks so much for your wonderful support and comments and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from Belfast to Dublin for a fantastic afternoon XXXX

So happy you enjoyed the video :-D and love the green house, my name is spelt with just the one n ( Lyn ) haha, although most people spell it with two nn's haha

So happy you enjoyed the video James :-D and thats wonderful you have a couple of cacti with buds left to bloom, I can really feel Autumn now and it been so much cooler here now especially at night, the cacti are definitely slowing down now in preparation for the coming Winter, YUK I hate the thought of it LOL! thanks so much for your wonderful support and comment and for watching and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Somerset for a wonderful new week ahead XXXX

thanks so much Monica for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a fantastic Sunday today XXXX

haha Angel :-D so happy you love the video and thanks so much for your wonderful support and comment and for watching and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful new week XXXX

Haha! Good question! I think they're named after someone called Schlumberger!

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thanks so much Anfaney for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a fantastic Tuesday XXXX

Cacti are the BEST haha :-D thanks so much for watching and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful new week XXXX

Thanks so much Paul for the video request and so happy you have bought a Matucana madisonorum, they are gorgeous cacti, and I bet you are so looking forward to seeing the bloom very soon, and thats a fantastic idea with the top flowering succulents :-D thanks so much Paul for your wonderful support and comment and for watching and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful new week XXXX

Thanks so much for watching and have a wonderful Wednesday XXXX

Hi Mike :-D haha yes its certainly a challenge growing these plants in our weather conditions :-D we are quite sheltered here by the other houses, and it traps a lot of the winds, and we have a heater in the polytunnel in the Winter, but bring in all the cacti that need warmer temperatures in Winter into the house, thanks so much Mike for your wonderful support and comment and for watching and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from across the Sea for a wonderful new week XXXX

Hi there :-D its a Mammillaria formosa :-D a wonderful woolly one, it really does look like its covered in snow 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 Thursday XXXX

Hi Marc :-D could you let me the time in the video where the plants you are asking about are :-D it will help me to ID them for you, thanks so much for watching and have a fantastic plant powered Monday XXXX

Hi Anna :-D thats fantastic news that you have filled out a seed order, its so much fun and very rewarding to grow cactus from seed, you have chose so well with the Astrophytums and Lophophoras and Ariocarpus and Copiapoa's they are all wonderful choice of cacti to grow from seeds, Gymnocalyciums are amazing to grow from seeds too, and good choices would be Gymnocalycium baldianum and Gymno mihanovichii and Gymno spagazenni as it has awesome spines, but all of the Gymnocalyciums are wonderful bloomers and grow well from seeds, Mammillaria's are fantastic to grow from seeds too, but your choice you have chosen would be my top choice too :-D Good luck with growing your wonderful seeds and thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a sunny Sunday XXXX

Hi Rebecca :-D so sorry to hear that you are having problems with your cactus, it can depend on the type of cactus etc, but if you could post up a photo onto the British Cactus and Succulent society Forum page or the Irish Cactus & Succulent Forum pages on FB, we can all have a look at the photo and see how we can help and the best advice, the forums are open to everyone around the world, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday XXXX

Hi Anabel :-D the Domino cactus is quite slow growing and they grow more taller columnar as they age rather than wider, there are quite a few different types of Echinopsis that can grow larger like the Echinopsis oxygona, but the Domino variety is smaller and slower growing and grows more columnar as they age, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday XXXX

Hi Marc :-D haha yes its a Echinocereus scheerii gentryi ' and has thick hanging stems, I am pretty sure thats the cactus you mean :-D Here is a link to a video on this one in flower: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/e9qAdJB-ttDUZqc.html I have two of them and the one has much shorter spines, its a beautiful cactus and has amazing blooms, the stems are like little hanging cucumbers haha :-D XXXXX

I use a waterproof permanent pen that I get from the Artist shops, but I still find the ink would fade after a year or two, I now prefer to use pencil to write out the labels as that doesn't fade, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a fantastic Friday XXXX

​@@desertplantsofavalon how do you write with a pencil on a plastic labels?

@@lovinghobby9072 the pencil I use is one that comes in the label pack already and writes on well, I buy a pack of white plant labels with the pencil already as part of the pack, I buy them from 'Poundland' XXXX 🥰🌵

Hi Marc :-D if you could let me know the time in the video the plants appear at, I can help you with the ID :-D thanks so much for watching and have a wonderful plant powered new week ahead XXXX

At 8:02 its in the center of the camera it had thick arms that hang down

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Hi there :-D yes all cactus fruit is edible, although many of the fruits are tiny and taste like little berries :-D thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful new week XXXX

@@desertplantsofavalon thank you, i really appreciate it. Your welcome, Likewise sending lots ot love and plant power.

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thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful new week XXXX

haha, the good news is most of the cacti and succulents I have I have bought over many years ( 40 yrs ) otherwise it would have cost me a fortune LOL! :-D thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday XXXX

Thanks so much for the tip about the camera, and thanks so much for watching XXXX