Hi,
Despite the fact that we have killed half of the lithops we got, Ana seems to have taken to them. Best on that score is that I learned that John has quite a collection of them (He has some great pics somewhere on this site). Here are the five we got. Strangely, ours seem to be splitting while those elsewhere that know what they are doing are flowering.
All help appreciated.
Mike and Ana
Lithops for John
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Hi Mike,
The one bottom centre is almost certainly Lithops marmorata v. elisae. The one to the right of it looks like a form of schwantesii. The one to the left is a variety of lesliei. The green one top left is difficult, there are many that look the same. Depending on the size I would say if it is quite a large head it could be lesliei v. 'Storms's Albinigold', if it flowers with a gold [yellow] flower. If it flowers with a white flower it is lesliei v. 'Albinica'. If it has a smallish head it could be bromfieldii v. insularis sulphurea. The reddish one to the right could be one of many. The colour suggest a variety of aucampiae, but without the plant in my hand I would just be guessing.
Lithops can be difficult to ID and if you can get them labelled with C No.'s so much the better.
Cheers,
John
The one bottom centre is almost certainly Lithops marmorata v. elisae. The one to the right of it looks like a form of schwantesii. The one to the left is a variety of lesliei. The green one top left is difficult, there are many that look the same. Depending on the size I would say if it is quite a large head it could be lesliei v. 'Storms's Albinigold', if it flowers with a gold [yellow] flower. If it flowers with a white flower it is lesliei v. 'Albinica'. If it has a smallish head it could be bromfieldii v. insularis sulphurea. The reddish one to the right could be one of many. The colour suggest a variety of aucampiae, but without the plant in my hand I would just be guessing.
Lithops can be difficult to ID and if you can get them labelled with C No.'s so much the better.
Cheers,
John