My cactus are blooming

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Muffy
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My cactus are blooming

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I have 2 different kind of prickley pear...one flower is darker than the other. I have the 1 pic of them together....They are so pretty!
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Very pretty!
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Ok Bev you gotta give me some of the solid yellow flower ones :D
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Ok Annie but you can pick off the pad yourself! :lol:
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Oh man....I keep meaning to get some and forget....I love yours!! :cool:
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They're nice. I've never managed to get cacti to flower.
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Guess what?? I just got me a hardy cactus when I was out with Stephanie..... :cool: ....I don't know anything except that it is hardy.....I wonder if it will bloom one day? It is just one pad.....It was the last one they had.....I feel lucky!! :lol:
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Yay LucyGoose!!! I have had mine for a long time and this was the first year mine bloomed. I got a few of mine when we lived in KY. Brought them up with us when we moved back to IL and they bloomed here...LOL.
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