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Origin and Habitat: 35 km NW of Postmasburg, South Africa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
(unranked):Angiosperms
(unranked):Eudicots
(unranked):Core eudicots
Order:Caryophyllales
Family:Aizoaceae
Subfamily:Ruschioideae
Tribe:Ruschiae
Genus:Lithops
Species:L. aucampiae
From my collection
Famille : Aizoaceae
Collecteur : Martin Louw Pretorius
Localité : Hopetown, RSA
Provenance : Anthony Irons le 13/10/2016, ex. graines du Cactus Growers Club, Hradec
N° de collection personnel : L0184
The big one is Lithops aucampiae ssp. aucampiae v. aucampiae 'Nugget, on the left Lithops aucampiae ssp. aucampiae v. aucampiae 'Rubrobrunneus'
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16 months old seedlings.
Starting to show nice colours...
Seeds available from www.capesucculentseeds.com
I don't have many of the special colour forms that are so popular nowadays, but this one is rather nice and easy to grow.
Lithops euniceae (De Boer) Jainta
First publication in:
Avonia 37: 6 (2019)
Of the Aizoaceae family is an accepted species, from the Northern Cape Province (ex C 048, habitat at 15 km in Hopetown, type locality) in South Africa.
Yellow flowers.
Has 2 synonyms:
Lithops Aucampiae var. euniceae de Boer, Succulenta (Netherlands) 45: 49 (1966)
Lithops Aucampiae subsp. euniceae (De Boer) D.T.Cole, Lithops Flowering Stones: 220 (1988)
Seedlings, just over a year old. This cultivar is still a bit unstable and quite a few of its offspring are normal Rudesheim aucampiae's.
This cultivar also goes by the name of "Firebrandt"
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1: Lithops terricolor "peersii" C131
2: Lithops fulviceps v. fulviceps 'Aurea' C363
3: Lithops fulviceps v. fulviceps C390
4: TBD (from gardening store)
5: Lithops aucampiae ssp. aucampiae v. aucampiae (red selection)
6: Lithops karasmontana ssp. karasmontana v. karasmontana "mickbergensis" C327
Most of them are from www.conos-paradise.de
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.
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.
A Japanese succulent web shop:
Lithops aucampiae subsp. aucampiae var. aucampiae.
Field Number: C003
Best viewed LARGE.
Martin
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