Lithops dorotheae

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Lithops dorotheae is one of the “living stones,” a name as literal as it sounds. In its Namaqualand home it hides so well among quartz pebbles you could walk right over it and neve r know. The two leaves press together at the sides, marked with red and brown lightning-bolt patterns that look almost drawn on, each plant its own slight variation. In autumn, a large yellow flower pushes from the seam, splitting the leaves, which continue to part until a fresh pair emerges. The whole affair is slightly grotesque and wants no water at all, a point that baffles many beginners who accidentally ruin plants by irrigating too often. These are seed-grown, already showing the color and character that set them apart from the fertilizer-swollen Lithops that flood the market. Show more