Interesting shapes and colours of the body without flowers.

The formation of the name Lithops from the Greek -ops means that even a single plant is called a Lithops.

one of the seedling Lithops has flowered

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lithops salicola 'Super Mac'

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Lithops werneri C188

Lithops otzeniana (Loeriesfontein, South Africa) flowering in April at the end of a hot and very dry summer.

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Lithops (living stones) from the Deserts and arid regions of South Africa.

Martin

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Lithops dinteri subsp. multipunctata flowers.

Field Number: C181

Martin

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Origin and Habitat: South Africa, Northern cape (Districts Gordonia, Hay, and Prieska)

Habitat: Lithops bromfieldii grows hidden under bushes or aloes on white greyish, brownish and red quartzite.

Scientific classification

Kingdom:Plantae

(unranked):Angiosperms

(unranked):Eudicots

(unranked):Core eudicots

Order:Caryophyllales

Family:Aizoaceae

Genus:Lithops

Species:L. bromfieldii

This is the withered yellow Lithops flower. It did not last long, since the cracked stem did not conduct enough water, as I suppose. The crack was the bad result of giving the plant water during bud growth. It absorbed so much water that ruptures on the surface emerged and the flower stem cracked under the pressure.

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:

www.lithops.info/

www.lithops.de/

www.lithops.co.za/

www.lithop.supanet.com/

Be aware that sites from the southern hemisphere

have a six-month-shift in the description of the

annual lithops growing cycle.

diese Art beginnt mit der Blüte bereits im Sommer, während der große Rest erst im Herbst folgt

Lithops aucampiae subsp. aucampiae var. aucampiae.

Field Number: C003

Best viewed LARGE.

Martin

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Administrator of:

Stapeliad & Asclepiad Group

All things beautiful in Nature Group

Succulent Treasures of the Desert Group

The World Up-Close (Nature Macro) Group

Lithops Karasmontana mickbergensis

Lithops (living stones) from the Deserts and arid regions of South Africa.

Martin

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Administrator of:

Stapeliad & Asclepiad Group

All things beautiful in Nature Group

Succulent Treasures of the Desert Group

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Lithops meyeri 'Hammeruby'

Origin and Habitat: Near Warrenton, South Africa.

(Info from: llifle.net)

Scientific classification

Kingdom:Plantae

(unranked):Angiosperms

(unranked):Eudicots

(unranked):Core eudicots

Order:Caryophyllales

Family:Aizoaceae

Subfamily:Ruschioideae

Tribe:Ruschiae

Genus:Lithops

Lithops C-143 Karasmontana ssp. bella.