What very strange plants, Lithops are.
Given one many moons ago, possibly as a Grandma Day gift, mine have
grown and multiplied so that they now resemble a little dish of
flowering stones. Finished flowering now my little dish is busy
multiplying some more. Fascinating.
"Popularly called "Living Stones", Lithops are some of the world's most
fascinating plants! Since their discovery by John Burchell in 1811 when
"on picking up from the stony ground what was supposed a curiously
shaped pebble, it proved to be a plant", Lithops have been avidly sought
by the collector of succulent plants. Resembling the pebbles and stones
among which they grow in their African habitat, they have become
favourites of the collector of strange and unusual plants. Their subtle
colours of grey, brown, rust, green and pink, combined with their
fantastically intricate markings, make them most desirable additions to
any plant collection."

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How large can one plant grow?


Bobbie
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