Lithops Julii Kikusiyo Giyoku
Living Stones 'Julii Kikusiyo Giyoku'
Original:Habitat: It grows among quartz pebbles in desert limestone. Background colours white, grey, pink, red and brown. The plants mimic the small, haphazardly arranged rocks that surround them. They grow sunken in fine gravel and can tolerate extreme hight temperature and only temperature that exceed 60° C are lethal. Description: Lithops julii is a very pretty Lithops with characteristic 'lip-smears” which is a distinctive feature of this species. The lip-smear occurs occasionally as a narrow edging or lining all along the outer margins. Three main forms have been proposed and were even given varietal status ('pallid”, 'reticulated” and 'fuscous”) but wild populations tend to have at least two and many have all three of this forms variously intermingled. Habit: Lithops julii is a stemless small to medium sized species that grows solitary or forming clumps of 2 or up to 15 or more) bodies. Body (paired leaves): Cone-shaped, separated by a 5-10 mm deep fissure with (usually) conjunct lobes, usually whitish-grey to dark grey but very variable in colour, some specimens being opaque whitish-grey and almost uniform in colour, others opaque but strongly reticulated with fine impressed brown markings, yet others with largely open obscurely translucent windows. The profile is truncate, the tops are flat to slightly convex. Face slightly reniform. Flowers: Single, white, daisy-like, emerging from the fissure and as large as the pair of fleshy leaves below. Blooming season: From mid-summer through fall. Fruit: Seed capsules-loculed. Seeds: Yellow-brown to light yellow-brown. Notes: After flowering in the autumn and extending through winter season the plant doesn't need watering, but they will still be growing, the new bodies will be increasing in size extracting water from the outer succulent leaves, allowing them to shrivel away. In fact the plant in this time extracts water and nutrient stored in the outer succulent leaves, allowing them to dehydrate relocating the water to the rest of the plant and to the new leaves that form during this period until the old leaves are reduced to nothing more than "thin papery shells". Source: http://www.llifle.com/Encyclopedia/SUCCULENTS/Family/Aizoaceae/13037/Lithops_julii New:A popular and sought after succulent. Lithops have paired leaves with smooth flat or rounded tops that are ridged or wrinkled, sometimes with transparent windows, and sometimes colorful markings. The flowers are white or yellow and emerge in autumn or winter. Lithops are relatively easy to grow if given sufficient sun and a suitable well-drained soil.
Contributed by @sushiwaitress
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Full sun to partial shade
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Very little water
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Not Frost hardy
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Light and free draining
Common name
Living Stones 'Julii Kikusiyo Giyoku'
Latin name
Lithops Julii Kikusiyo Giyoku
type
Succulent
family
Aizoaceae
ph
5.0 - 6.5 Acid - Neutral
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Light
Full sun to partial shade
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Frost
Not Frost hardy
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Soil
Light and free draining
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Water
Very little water
Plant & bloom calendar
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Best time to plant
full grown dimensions
0.02 M
0.01 M
Lithops Julii Kikusiyo Giyoku
Original:Habitat: It grows among quartz pebbles in desert limestone. Background colours white, grey, pink, red and brown. The plants mimic the small, haphazardly arranged rocks that surround them. They grow sunken in fine gravel and can tolerate extreme hight temperature and only temperature that exceed 60° C are lethal. Description: Lithops julii is a very pretty Lithops with characteristic 'lip-smears” which is a distinctive feature of this species. The lip-smear occurs occasionally as a narrow edging or lining all along the outer margins. Three main forms have been proposed and were even given varietal status ('pallid”, 'reticulated” and 'fuscous”) but wild populations tend to have at least two and many have all three of this forms variously intermingled. Habit: Lithops julii is a stemless small to medium sized species that grows solitary or forming clumps of 2 or up to 15 or more) bodies. Body (paired leaves): Cone-shaped, separated by a 5-10 mm deep fissure with (usually) conjunct lobes, usually whitish-grey to dark grey but very variable in colour, some specimens being opaque whitish-grey and almost uniform in colour, others opaque but strongly reticulated with fine impressed brown markings, yet others with largely open obscurely translucent windows. The profile is truncate, the tops are flat to slightly convex. Face slightly reniform. Flowers: Single, white, daisy-like, emerging from the fissure and as large as the pair of fleshy leaves below. Blooming season: From mid-summer through fall. Fruit: Seed capsules-loculed. Seeds: Yellow-brown to light yellow-brown. Notes: After flowering in the autumn and extending through winter season the plant doesn't need watering, but they will still be growing, the new bodies will be increasing in size extracting water from the outer succulent leaves, allowing them to shrivel away. In fact the plant in this time extracts water and nutrient stored in the outer succulent leaves, allowing them to dehydrate relocating the water to the rest of the plant and to the new leaves that form during this period until the old leaves are reduced to nothing more than "thin papery shells". Source: http://www.llifle.com/Encyclopedia/SUCCULENTS/Family/Aizoaceae/13037/Lithops_julii New:A popular and sought after succulent. Lithops have paired leaves with smooth flat or rounded tops that are ridged or wrinkled, sometimes with transparent windows, and sometimes colorful markings. The flowers are white or yellow and emerge in autumn or winter. Lithops are relatively easy to grow if given sufficient sun and a suitable well-drained soil.
Planting
From Early Spring TO Early Spring
Lithops thrive best in a coarse, well-drained substrate. Any soil that retains too much water will cause the plants to burst their skins as they over-expand. Plants grown in strong light will develop hard strongly coloured skins which are resistant to damage and rot, although persistent overwatering will still be fatal. Excessive heat will kill potted plants as they cannot cool themselves by transpiration and rely on staying buried in cool soil below the surface.
Propagation
From Early Spring TO Early Spring
Propagation of Lithops is by seed or cuttings. Cuttings can only be used to produce new plants after a plant has naturally divided to form multiple heads, so most propagation is by seed. Lithops can readily be pollinated by hand if two separate clones of a species flower at the same time, and seed will be ripe about 9 months later. Seed is easy to germinate, but the seedlings are small and vulnerable for the first year or two, and will not flower until at least two or three years old.
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