♥ Rare Cute Live Exotic Dinteranthus Inexpectatus♥
This species is indigenous to Warmbad, Namibia. Dinteranthus Inexpectatus is a spheroid mesembs mostly forming a single leaf-pair only or rarely forming small groups. Leaves semi-ovate, united for more than half their length, gaping sometimes a little and which close up to form a sphere in the dry period.
They are similar in habit to Lithops but grows above ground. They are also called mimicry plants as they show a striking similarity to their background rocks and are difficult to detect when not in flower. The Dinteranthus have a pebbly look and are commonly known as pebble plants or living stones; each species is associated with one particular type of rock formation and occurs nowhere else. This camouflage also reduces the need for chemical defences against herbivores.
Specifications:
Live Stone Plant - Dinteranthus Inexpectatus
Qty: 1
Plant Size:
Large Size 2-3 Years Old (Please see size below)
Diameter: 0.7-0.9 Inch
Height: 1-1.2 Inches (From crown to the root)
Medium Size 2 Years Old
Diameter: 0.5-0.6 Inch
Height: 1-1.2 Inches (From crown to the root)
Small Size 1 Year Old
Diameter: 0.3-0.4 Inch
Height: 1 Inch (From crown to the root)
Color: Grayish White
Lithops plant will ship Bare Root (Unpotted)
Watering:
Keep plants barely moist! Overwatering is the most common problem people have with Living Stones. During the cold winter months, watering should be light and infrequent once again, until such as time as the days grow longer and the temperature begins to warm a bit. Generally, Lithops will do best being watered about once every 2-3 weeks (when not in active growth or flowering). Tap water or distilled water is fine. Treat it as a cactus. The plant can take a 'misting' every other day if desired, but this is not required. Be sure not to overwater!
Light:
This plant requires full to very bright sun (either direct or indirect). It can take full strength sun, but be mindful of sun burning the leaves. After repotting the plant, please allow 5-7 days for plant acclimate to changes in light quality. A window facing West, South or East should do nicely. Too much light is not a problem for Living Stones. Too little light is! If the plant appears to be 'reaching' for the window or light source, it needs more light!
Soil:
Use a quick draining soil mix (a packaged soil mix for cactus and succulents should have sand added at the rate of about 60% soil mix to 40% sand by volume). Another good mix would be 40% peat moss and 60% perlite to allow even faster drainage
Cautions:
Growing stone plant is harder and requires more attention than other succulent and cactus plants. Depending on the Lithop growing season, sometimes lithops will begin to naturally split, crack etc. Lithops can have scars on their sides and on top, this is natural and doesn't mean your lithop is dying. Lithops split. Any scarring is not permanent and will be shedded when they split! This is a natural process with Lithops. Sometimes they just die. No reason, it just happens.
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