SEPTEMBER 2013 - LITHOPS

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SEPTEMBER 2013 - LITHOPS

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It was difficult to decide a topic for this month but as it is Lithops time I thought it would be nice to have them. No excuses get those pictures posted.
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Sylvia wrote:No excuses get those pictures posted.
Well I was going to say they are not big enough....
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Lithops dorothea C124
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Here's a couple of flowers - taken a few years ago.
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I'm torn between flower colour when it comes to lithops - yellow or white?
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SimonR wrote:I'm torn between flower colour when it comes to lithops - yellow or white?
You don't have a 'Rose of Texas'...?
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Reminds me of Alien.
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Well, at last and just inside the deadline, my only reliable Lithops has flowered!
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Here is my total "collection" of Lithops, some showing definite signs of flowering but none has yet opened.
Lithops fulviceps
Lithops fulviceps
Lithops gesinae v. annae
Lithops gesinae v. annae
Lithops julii fulleri
Lithops julii fulleri
Lithops karasmontana
Lithops karasmontana
Lithops lesliei
Lithops lesliei
Lithops lesliei mariae C141
Lithops lesliei mariae C141
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Two flowering Lithops from last week.

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