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Lithops ID please

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Is it possible to identify this Lithops please?
Endeavouring to grow Aylostera, Echinocereus, Echinopsis, Gymnocalycium, Matucana, Rebutia, and Sulcorebutia. Fallen out of love with Lithops and aggravated by Aeoniums.
Currently being wooed by Haworthia, attempting hybridisation, and enticed by Mesembs.
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The white flower doesn't leave you many options: L. optica, L. julii, L. karasmontana, L. salicola, L. villetii, and L. marmorata, maybe plus some recent splits Out of those, it is a good match for L. marmorata.
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iann wrote: ↑Mon Sep 20, 2021 8:23 pm The white flower doesn't leave you many options: L. optica, L. julii, L. karasmontana, L. salicola, L. villetii, and L. marmorata, maybe plus some recent splits Out of those, it is a good match for L. marmorata.
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I have examples of some of those varieties .... but not exact matches with the plant in question.
Endeavouring to grow Aylostera, Echinocereus, Echinopsis, Gymnocalycium, Matucana, Rebutia, and Sulcorebutia. Fallen out of love with Lithops and aggravated by Aeoniums.
Currently being wooed by Haworthia, attempting hybridisation, and enticed by Mesembs.
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L. marmorata is very variable with everything from wide open pinkish windows (framesii) to almost entirely opaque white leaves (elisae). Anything "marbled" with no spots or rubrications and white flowers is a good candidate. Yours is quite typical.
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iann wrote: ↑Wed Sep 22, 2021 5:01 pm L. marmorata is very variable with everything from wide open pinkish windows (framesii) to almost entirely opaque white leaves (elisae). Anything "marbled" with no spots or rubrications and white flowers is a good candidate. Yours is quite typical.
Thanks iann
So it's instantly identified (not)?
Endeavouring to grow Aylostera, Echinocereus, Echinopsis, Gymnocalycium, Matucana, Rebutia, and Sulcorebutia. Fallen out of love with Lithops and aggravated by Aeoniums.
Currently being wooed by Haworthia, attempting hybridisation, and enticed by Mesembs.
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