Lithops are commonly called 'Living Stones', 'Stoneface plant' or 'Stone Plant' 'Split rock plant' and some species have their own common name such L.viridis which is sometimes called the 'Green rock plant'. They are a succulent from South Africa, they spread over a large area and we have many species as well as many natural variations.
They do come from different climate areas, some are exposed to coastal fogs, some are not.
It was Cole who first started a comprehensive classification of the genus, spending many years collecting and numbering species and sub species so today we see tags such as C105. The C indicating the that this is one of Coles discoveries and the number indicating where it was found.
In the video, we look at the Origins, Differences and Problems as well as discuss the breeding of lithops, both hybridisation and line breeding.
We also look as other Mesembs from the collection of James Lucas of Succulents Australia
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