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The Lithops that I grew from seeds are getting bigger and I potted them up into a larger pot with some stones mulch. I'm not sure if I like the stones or should change it to white.
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Blogged here: www.joeysplanting.com/2012/04/09/lithops-potted-up/
Added images of glowing individuals in the Lithops group.
Take a flashlight / fiber light source and illuminate a small part of the lithops top window, and the entire transparent plant body lights up!
Note the differences in the daylight/glow appearance of the lithops windows!
I got it from www.lithops-seedsandplants.co.uk
They are a bit slow to answer emails, but they told me when to expect it and sent it recorded delivery. I would recommend them.
Il est passé par une mauvaise passe mais j'ai redressé la barre !
(trop fière!)
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It passed by a bad time, but now it's ok ! (so proud!)
Re-potting the survivors:
After fighting spider mites with an out-of-soil quarantine I re-potted my plants.
Two months without water and even soil cannot harm a lithops (in its winter dormant state), as you can see.
Lithops are extremely succulent plants originating from the semi-deserts of southern Africa. Their plant body rests under ground, while on top they have transparent windows to let sunlight in for photosynthesis. A camouflage pattern on the windows lets them appear more or less like a pair of pebblestones, so hungry animals may hardly find them. I like them because they look like ornamented knobs or gemstones.
DO NOT MISS:
Be aware that sites from the southern hemisphere
have a six-month-shift in the description of the
annual lithops growing cycle.