A convenient thing about Lithops

[iann]

Scorched to the edge of life one year, show plant the next ...

[rodsmith]

They can certainly survive in extreme conditions. My lithops localis was scorched in last summer's heat but seems to have survived ok. Is this a current photo, Ian? If so, the new leaves are very well developed for mid March.

[iann]

They can certainly survive in extreme conditions. My lithops localis was scorched in last summer's heat but seems to have survived ok. Is this a current photo, Ian? If so, the new leaves are very well developed for mid March.

This was taken today. Some Lithops are this advanced, others are not showing new leaves at all yet. Obviously there is some selection bias, as a Lithops not showing new leaves would not make a good subject

[jhb]

I love this time of year with my Lithops. Most are starting to split so out comes my magnifying glass to see what the new bodies are going to be like. If there's twins then it's even better. Young plants are starting to show lovely colours. I can spend hours in the greenhouse, sometimes with a g & t, just looking. Long wait for Optica Rubra though.

[Terry S.]

Regeneration of lithops seems unusually well-advanced this year. I suspect that it is a consequence of the couple of weeks of spring weather that we had in February. Normally, I do not water any lithops before May, but this year I think that I will be able to start earlier with many of them.

If anyone is going to raise lithops from seed, the next month is a good time to sow the seeds and no extra heat is required unless we suddenly get really cold weather.

[el48tel]

Regeneration of lithops seems unusually well-advanced this year. I suspect that it is a consequence of the couple of weeks of spring weather that we had in February. Normally, I do not water any lithops before May, but this year I think that I will be able to start earlier with many of them.

If anyone is going to raise lithops from seed, the next month is a good time to sow the seeds and no extra heat is required unless we suddenly get really cold weather.

Thanks for the tips