"People should regard cacti with the same admiration as they do more orthodox plants and flowers," he said.
但和仙人掌相處了整整三十年的葉福棋，仍然認為仙人掌仍沒有得到人們足夠的重視和認識。﹘ ﹘請不要把仙人掌球當做花。﹘ ﹘請不要把仙人掌當做鐵樹，或類似不死的植物。﹘﹘仙人掌同樣會生病蟲害，在通風不良，陽光不足、濕度高的情況下，一樣會枯萎成腐敗。