Another Three Lithops

beetleman · Post by **beetleman** » Wed Mar 14, 2007 10:51 am

Three more from the bakers dozen I bought. In the first picture you can see that the tops of these plants are like translucent windows with liquid inside the leaf. You can also see it on the closest new emerging leaf. Like blisters

MarcoD · Post by **MarcoD** » Wed Mar 14, 2007 11:40 am

Beetleman,
off course you know it, but said twice is better than not said

: during leaves change over, don't give any water drops to your lithops !!

You bought marvellous lithops!

Bruce Williams · Post by **Bruce Williams** » Wed Mar 14, 2007 12:54 pm

Some really nice photos Doug.

You have opted for an unusual and far more interesting angle on your photos than most of the Lithops pics I've seen on the web. I have to say these pics have a very "natal" look to them - more like an animal giving birth rather than a process of vegetative growth

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Interesting how different the colour of the new growth is, eh?

Bruce

beetleman · Post by **beetleman** » Wed Mar 14, 2007 2:49 pm

Yes Bruce, they sort of remind me of the movie "Ace Ventura - When Nature Calls" with Jim Carrey, where he tries to to get out of the mechanical Rino through the rubber buttend

Thank you for the tip Marco...I have a lot of tropical plants in the house that need a lot of water and these are at the other end of the spectrum

Ken Ramos · Post by **Ken Ramos** » Wed Mar 14, 2007 5:49 pm

You know the more of these that you show, the more it seems to me that I may have come across them at one time or another in my adventures. They look really alien though, like tiny mutated brains. Excellent shots Doug.