I've never really been into Lithops, Living Rocks or Stones. I admire them and think they are very attractive with all their different leaf patterns, but just never had them in my collection.... Until! Yes, I dragged my wife off to the Mathaei Botanical Garden Cactus show last week in Ann Arbor, Michigan (U of M). Renewed some old acquaintances and my wife bought me five Lithops because she just thinks they are sooooo cool. I put them all in a small "garden" and this flower opened a couple of days ago. They open very late in the day and close by nightfall. Cute little plants... can you tell I'm taking a liking to them all thanks to my wife. Do I dare take her chid shopping....
If you've never seen them before, the leaves divide, the flower emerges. After the flower dies, the plant enters a rest period. In the spring the two leaves will begin wither and die as a new leaf grows. The new plant will emerge sucking the last bits of life from the former plant and will usually be larger than its predecessor.
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