Living Stones Or Stone Faces

Lithops resemble small, rounded pebbles as a camouflage protection against grazing animals. Living stones also subsist on very little moisture and do best where there is low humidity, no frost, and about 4-5 hours of sunlight. Do not water during winter dormancy. After white blooms emerge, the plant bodies open to produce a new pair of succulent leaves and the old leaves will then eventually shrivel up. In late spring and summer, water most Lithops very sparingly – when in doubt do not water. Lithops are among the most drought tolerant plants on earth. However, yours is the beautiful L. optica rubra, a completely pink-purple species that grows in late summer through winter, so unlike other Lithops species, withhold water in the spring months.