Monday, September 24, 2012

Lithops' Progress

I'm taking a break from the Lizard Saga (which continues) to get back to the heart of this blog: Lithops!
Two of mine are growing their new leaves, the rest are dormant. Audrey bloomed, but since then, hasn't done a bloomin' thing. Here are my active Lithops:

Lithops dorotheae
So Dorothy's moving right along with one new pair of leaves. Here's the other- I think it is a karasmontana- it was just labeled "Rock Plant" when I bought it!

That was about a week ago. Then the old leaves split! Mind you, neither of these Lithops has been watered in months....

Turns out there are 2 pairs of leaves in there. One was getting squashed, but now it's growing just fine. I don't know why the outer leaves haven't shriveled more, and had to split-- could it be that sitting outside in the humid sea air each morning gives it enough water to stay plump? The wonderful weirdness of Lithops is neverending.

2 comments:

  1. That's an interesting point about the humidity of the sea air. I wonder also. I do know that they look nice and plump and healthy, & I like those "natural" lithopots a lot, and v. nice Sansevieria too. ;)

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  2. Love your new avatar! And yes, I don't know how much water the various mesembs can pull from humid air-- but since many species are mist-lovers and some live in regions that have practically no rain, but lots of fog, they must be able to use it efficiently.

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