Amateurs consider houseplants to be one of the best anti-stress activities. However, it's better to start with easy-to-care-for and interesting plants, such as lithops. They are also called living stones because such a succulent really resembles a stone, or rather a piece of sea pebble or coral, capable of producing a beautiful bright flower from time to time.
OBOZ.UA tells you how to grow and care for lithops. What are lithops These succulents come from African countries - Namibia, Botswana and South Africa.
Natives of rocky deserts, lithops are not afraid of drought and tolerate both heat and cool equally well. Since the homeland of these plants is south of the equator, their life cycle is somewhat different from what we, the inhabitants of the Northern Hemisphere, are used to. They have a dormant period in spring and summer, bloom from August to November, and in winter they accumulate strength for the new season.
This plant is small in size - the leaf is 2.5-5 cm in diameter. Lithops blooms with white, yellow and sometimes orange flowers.
At the same time, the heads of these flowers are relatively large - they are comparable in size to the body of the plant, and sometimes even grow larger than it. How to grow lithops from seeds If you want to try your hand at it, try growing lithops from a seed. It is better to sow it in early spring.
Seeds are available in garden centers and on relevant websites. Soak the seeds in water for a few hours before putting them in the soil, the.