Is it just me or were cacti very popular in the 70s?

No matter which Summer Fayre, autumn Fayre, Christmas Fayre, Jumble Sale etc you went to, there was always a plant stall and they sold cacti.





I had eight little ones at one point and named them after the cast of Blake's Seven (plus Servalan)

Is it just me or were cacti very popular in the 70s?
We had a lot of cacti when I was young in the 60s. At my 17th birthday party someone found my brother's airgun and shot a hole through the biggest section of the prickly pear (opuntia). I had new interests by then so I wasn't too upset.
Reply:cacti, spider plants and those big paper round light shades
Reply:Very true! We never had any, but my friend down the road had the glass jar with lots of them in, plus a few others around the place.





A few years back, I did have a Venus fly trap, but it didn't last long, it didn't stand a chance with big blue bottles.
Reply:Yes, i agree cacti was popular in the 70`s, the same now as well.
Reply:I still have mine
Reply:I used to collect them too. I was a child during the 70s and they are the easiest plant to look after. lol xx
Reply:Yes, they were. 70's and 80's too still I think. Then somehow it waned, I hardly see any nowadays at the flower shop.
Reply:No, Duuuuuuudette, it's just you! YOU were very popular in the 70's!
Reply:Yes they were lovely. So were those pictures made out of nails with sparkly string wound round them.





But sometimes we just have to "let go".
Reply:It's new thing for me.
Reply:They still are,aren't they?
Reply:yea,dont see them as much,and i love em
Reply:I never had cacti in the 70s because I was a kid then.However,I did have cactus gardens in the 80s and 90s.I always thought cacti were kind of cool, plus they're easy to take care of because they rarely need water and are hardy.I always enjoyed seeing cacti in the desert,especially the saguaro in Arizona.
Reply:they were popular hun, my mum had a few
Reply:Yes they were.
Reply:Yes, I had lots of cacti. My dad even bought me a large glass mushroom terrarium full of them.
Reply:yep, they were VERY popular in the 70s. you could buy them in the grocery store, as i recall.