Lithops
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Especially in autumn, when hardly any flowers are to be expected on our cacti, the Lithops come into their own, for then most species of this genus flower.
But one plant from this family shows its flower, predominantly already at the end of May to the beginning of June, the species pseudotruncatella. That is why I would like to introduce it today.
Lithops comes from Latin and means "stone", which gave it the colloquial name "living stone".
In nature, they have good chances of survival due to their camouflaged appearance.
The shape and grain came about through natural selection (convergence), an adaptation to the environment in stony terrain. This change is due to animals searching for something moist and nutritious in the dry areas. The solution, only those who are poorly seen survive. And besides, due to its shallow entry into the ground, this plant has hardly any evaporation surface, which protects it from the scorching sun.
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Lithops marmorata est une espèce de plante à fleurs appartenant à la famille des Aizoaceae, originaire d'Afrique australe. Le nom spécifique est dérivé du mot latin marmorata qui signifie "marbré".
Lithops marmorata est une espèce de plante à fleurs appartenant à la famille des Aizoaceae, originaire d'Afrique australe.
Le nom spécifique est dérivé du mot latin marmorata qui signifie «marbré».
Lithops karasmontana est une espèce de plante à fleurs appartenant à la famille des Aizoaceae, originaire de Namibie et d'Afrique du Sud.
De flor blanca o amarilla segùn la variedad ...los lithops fueron descubiertos porJohn William Burchell ,durante un viaje a Griquatown (provincia de El Cabo), entre 1811 y 1813 .de los que existen cerca de 40 especies 15 subespecies y 36 variedades aprox.Generalmente llamados "Piedras vivas".
Adoptaron esta forma para no ser devorados por los animales de la región. imagen de mi hijo Darío
Me he comprado un "Lithops" por 1.85 €
Proceden de las regiones más secas de Sudáfrica.
Existen cerca de 40 especies de Lithops , 15 subespecies y 36 variedades en números aproximados
Es una plantita con dos hojas acopladas, divididas por una fisura por donde aparecen las flores
Un riego fuera de la temporada los mata.
Cuando florezcan dar un riego moderado. Esto ayudará a que emerjan las nuevas cabezas.
Si el lithops se arruga o está demasiado blando al tacto le hace falta agua.
Si está duro, no regar
Es posible mantener la planta en la misma maceta durante unos 10 ó 20 años.
veremos lo que me dura :)))) ( ?????? )
ESTE EJEMPLAR EN ALGÚN MOMENTO HA TENIDO EXCESO DE AGUA Y POCO SOL.
EN CANTABRIA NO ME VAN NADA BIEN, EXCESO DE HUMEDAD Y POCO SOL EN INNVIERNO, PERO AL FINAL ME HA REGALADO ESTA PRECIOSA FLOR.
UN POCO DE INFORMACIÓN:
Las flores, de hábito nocturno, tienen forma de margarita, son más grandes que el cuerpo de la planta, de color blanco o amarillo y ligeramente perfumadas.
Lithops es un género de plantas suculentas con 38 especies pertenecientes a la familia Aizoaceae nativas del África austral.
Se denominan vulgarmente piedras vivas o planta piedra derivando su nombre del griego: "lithos" (piedra) y "ops" (forma), debido a que presentan una apariencia que las hace prácticamente indistinguibles de las piedras de su entorno; adaptación evolutiva (denominada Cripsis) que les permite pasar inadvertido a los sentidos de posibles depredadores.
Las floración se produce en otoño.
Taxonomía:
El género fue descrito por Nicholas Edward Brown, y publicado en The Gardeners' Chronicle, 71: 44. 1922.1 La especie tipo es: Lithops lesliei.
Etimología:
Lithops: nombre genérico que deriva de las palabras griegas: "lithos" (piedra) y "ops" (forma).
Lithops marmorata est une espèce de plante à fleurs appartenant à la famille des Aizoaceae, originaire d'Afrique australe.
Le nom spécifique est dérivé du mot latin marmorata qui signifie «marbré».
My Lithops cactus produces these lovely bright yellow flowers just once a year. The plant lives happily in my window sill.
'Get Nature In Your Home' for 'Smile on Saturday'.
Thank you for your views, faves and comments.
Happy SoS
Stone plants--Lithops spp., succulents native to South Africa, at the Tucson Botanical Gardens in Tucson, Arizona
Miniature brain colony !
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
(unranked):Angiosperms
(unranked):Eudicots
(unranked):Core eudicots
Order:Caryophyllales
Family:Aizoaceae
Subfamily:Ruschioideae
Tribe:Ruschiae
Genus:Lithops
Species: L. werneri
Origin & Habitat: L. werneri has a monocolonial distribution limited to a small patch in the Erongo Mountains, Karibib district, Namibia.
Description: L. werneri is among the smallest species in the genus, if not the smallest of all the Lithops, with stubby, rounded, yet irregularly-lumpy leaf-pairs, mostly light grey or light greenish grey with several dark greenish brown lines and small pellucid dots.
From my collection
They spend most of the year cunningly disguised as small green pebbles and then for just a week or so, they flower.
They have the alarming tendency for the two pebble like leaves to shrivel and go all mushy and soggy just before producing two new leaves to replace the old ones. In my early days of keeping them I have been known to throw healthy plants away thinking they were dead.
This one must be twenty years old by now and has faked its own death many times, but I'm wise to it now!
The sun was catching it just perfectly so it was a run and grab the camera, macro moment!
Lithops is a genus of succulent plants in the ice plant family, Aizoaceae. Members of the genus are native to southern Africa. The name is derived from the Ancient Greek words λίθος, meaning "stone," and ὄψ, meaning "face," referring to the stone-like appearance of the plants.
It`s nice to break away from landscapes once in a while to try something different, and this is really different........
Lithops is a succulent, just one of several which Jane grows, I have had my eye on this for a long time thinking it might make for an interesting image.
I placed it on my desk in front of my monitor for a black background and did a fourteen shot focus stack, I did think about a mono conversion but went in favor of colour as Like the different colours.
I`m now thinking about the film Alien.