Lithops hookeriSchwantes
surviving Stones
Mesembryanthemum hookeri
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Family : AizoaceaeSubfamily : RuschioideaeTribe : RuschieaeGenus : Lithops
The specific name " hookeri(HOOK - er - ee ) " honorsSir William Jackson Hooker(1785 - 1865 ) , an English botanist and botanical illustrator who was the first film director of theRoyal Botanic Gardens .
Lithops hookeriis native toSouth Africa(Northern Cape ) .
Lithops hookeriis a dwarf succulent with a organic structure that consists of two fatheaded , sarcoid leaves with flat to slenderly convex upper surface . The body can raise up to 1.8 in ( 4.5 curium ) improbable and 1.4 inches ( 3.5 curium ) wide . The parting come in various people of color , ranging from gray , brown , and red chromaticity to knock and orangish . They are also variable in the reticulated patterning of their upper surfaces . The erstwhile plant form clumps of up to 10 ten torso .
The flowers are yellow and appear in fall from the cranny between the leaves .
Inner Light : Lithops have adapted to intense sunlight in the wild , so they require a good amount of lineal sunlight when grown indoors .
Soil : These plants thrive best in a growing medium that will drain quickly . habituate a commercial-grade succulent soil mix ormake your own potting mixing .
Hardiness : Lithops hookerican hold up temperature as downcast as 30 to 50 ° F ( -1.1 to 10 ° C),USDA hardiness zones10a to 11b .
Watering : Lithopshave a specific yearly development cycle , and it is significant to water only during certain degree , but it is also important to keep the soil dry at other degree of their maturation . Never water Lithops profoundly when they are dormant .
fertilize : These succulents do not involve to be fertilized . Lithops will thrive without anyfeeding . If you give , use a high potassium and low-down nitrogen tier plant food .
Repotting : Lithopswill happily ride out in the same pot for several decades . The coarse reason for repotting is dividing the plants or allowing space for clustering to grow .
multiplication : Lithops can be circularize by division if you have multi - headed flora . They are most often grown from seed .
Learn more atHow to get and deal for Lithops .
Lithopsare non - toxic and good to have around nipper and darling .
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