Some Lithops oddities

[iann]

I've noticed some strange Lithops this year. This one might just be a cuckoo (L. steineckeana), or a very odd L. francisci.

I suppose all the red cultivars are oddities, but how about one with three leaves?

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A Lithops with horns?

And a couple of L. gracilidelineata half-strangled because they couldn't get out of their old leaves (I helped!) I find this species quite difficult to grow cleanly, its always doing strange things, possibly down to pests.

[David1971]

Thanks for sharing, truly weird. Although not so rare, two of my plants have also made strange moults this year.
This three yr-old gesineae C406 had one head last year

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This karasmontana is with me from 2013. last year it had two heads

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[iann]

I don't have anything quite as freaky as that this year, but some are perennially overenthusiastic.

This L. herrei "Translucens" just manically divides, often not getting it done properly. It is forever shedding heads that have nowhere to go or were produced as sideshoots and forced off.

This Lithops dinteri (supposed ssp multipunctata) also divides too fast for its own good, but does manage to hold itself together for the most part and produces the occasional flower.

[Ivan]

I am not sure what this is....

Lithops schwantesii subsp. schwantesii var. marthae C249

OK, a couple of weeks later.... is might be a flower? Maybe not so odd?

Lithops schwantesii subsp. schwantesii var. marthae C249

[iann]

It broke out through the base because the leaves are rather tall. Might be interesting to see where next years leaves come though.

[Ivan]

I am baffled why quite a few of my plants are so tall. They are in full sun all day and were in 41-45°C temperature most of the summer. There a couple of fans circulating the air and the door and roof vent completely open.

[David1971]

This happens sometimes Ivan. A few plants tend to grow tall whatever you do...it seems that there is some intrinsic predisposition. With some surgery you can reduce the reserves of the plant for the new leaves and somewhat minimize the "problem", but eventually they will seek the sky again.