r/Lithops

I bought these guys about 2 months ago and repotted to this lil pot. I didn't water until the old leaves were very wrinkled and basically how they look now. I took these photos and week ago and have been reading other posts. Everyone is so helpful here!

Are my lithops too much above the substrate? Should I add more gravel to the substrate? Should I separate them? Do I need to water again? I read somewhere to do a light water when the old leaves are all shriveled and then a heavy one a week later. Or has my plant started its division and i should leave them alone? They are in a westward facing window at my office, which is ordinarily a dry place because of the heater.

I grabbed this lil guy last year on a whim since it was on the clearance rack. I’ve never cared for one before so I figured why not 🤷‍♀️ I set him up under a bright light and left him alone and over the winter he began to split, but also lost like half his total volume. I genuinely thought it was dead so I picked at the outer leaves and lo and behold there’s still green underneath.

I’m seeing that he’s looking a bit wrinkly, is it time to water? I’ve heard they’re super sensitive to overwatering and I just want to make sure now is the time.

I have this and perlite. Will this work for my lithops or is it too sharp?

i just got a bunch of lithops in and i am looking for the best potting medium for them. these 2 have both been recommended but look different so im not sure which one to go with. i could use the “mojave” mix for more, the other seems only for lithops. please help!!

I recently found out about these wonderful succulents. Is something wrong with these? Some of the posts I have seen on here kind of make it seem like they shouldn't look like this. I have eight and the rest do not look lke this. The other ones are all closer to the pumice/sand.

I've been wanting to display all of my extreme drought tolerant plants together for a while, but with how sensitive they are to over watering, a traditional community bed probably wouldn't be a great idea. So I came up with this modular, Gridfinity-based approach that lets me plant them in individual pots, while using a thin layer of gravel to make it look like they're all in one bed. This way I can thoroughly water each one exactly when it needs it and not worry about over watering its neighbors.

The bottom of the pots is a mesh so I can heavily water and it'll drain right through into the collection area at the bottom of the main tank. I can then drain the main tank with a siphon through the column in the upper right hand corner.

Some other benefits are that the pots can be very tall and narrow, which lithops especially tend to appreciate, and I can swap pots around very easily without disturbing any root systems, making it easy to add new plants or remove ones that didn't make it.

The last piece is the massive grow light above, a 100W mars hydro that, at full power, can deliver up to 1000 umol/m^2 in the center, meaning these guys will never be light starved (although I have it turned way down to acclimate them and will likely never need to go that high).

Oh and there's also a pair of fans above blowing constantly across the tank to help dry the substrate faster after watering. The substrate is about 90% inorganic (pumice, lava rock, and turface) and 10% organic topsoil though, so it should drain and dry quite fast already.

I do have a few empty pots in there, so I'm planning on getting a couple more types of plants, maybe a faucaria, euphorbia obesa, or even something like a Dinteranthus pole-evansi. Most of these lithops came from the clearance section at my local Lowe's, so I'm not sure how they'll do long term, but I'm hoping I've given them a good enough home to thrive in.

I have finally found a cylindrical terracotta pot for these babies. They also got some matching lava rocks as topping.

( the dorotheae are a bit sunburnt but will be fine)

Also, I pulled a nice full seed pod off of it! Can’t wait to sow them! I’ll probably be repotting this cluster today

Brand new but seeking advice for proper care! Found these two options and wondering which one I should get. Picture of my plant at the end 🪨

Pleiospilos I just bought today was hiding a pretty terrible tear. Tell me how bad it is 😭 any saving her ?

These little guys have been like this for about 2 months already. Is that normal? Also why is the one on the left not fully opened yet like the others?

Hi! I got this clump a bit ago (I haven’t been able to separate them unfortunately) and they’re all splitting! It’s my first time having them split and I’m a little worried this guy is stuck in his old leaves. What do you think? Should I try cutting the leaves at their seam to release him? He’s been like this for over a week now, with the leaves looking very papery.

Thanks so much!