Lithops dendritica is the Namibian living-stone reinstated as a full species by Earle & Young in 2020. Quartzite and mica schist habitat west of Rehoboth, organised dendritic rust-brown face network, yellow autumn flowers. Aizoaceae.
Lithops lesliei ‘Storm’s Albinigold’ is the anthocyanin-free yellow-flowering cultivar of L. lesliei selected by Ed Storms from C036B Warrenton stock and formally published by D.T. Cole in 1985. Cream-gold body with a pale translucent window, vegetatively identical to sibling cultivar ‘Albinica’. Aizoaceae, no CITES.
Lithops burchellii is the Northern Cape calcrete-habitat species that Cole described in 1988 as a subspecies of L. lesliei and Jainta elevated to full species rank in 2019. Whitish-grey face with dark slate-grey windows and yellow autumn flowers. Aizoaceae.
Lithops lesliei ‘Albinica’ is the anthocyanin-free cream-bodied cultivar of L. lesliei from D.T. Cole’s C036A Warrenton stock. ICRA-registered, white-cream autumn flowers, sibling to ‘Storm’s Albinigold’. Aizoaceae.
Lithops karasmontana subsp. amicorum is the smallest Lithops in the genus, a 10-15 mm whitish-grey miniature from three colonies southeast of Aus, Namibia. POWO-accepted fourth subspecies; trade still uses the former name L. amicorum. Aizoaceae, no CITES.
Lithops karasmontana ‘Top Red’ is the trade-defining cultivar of the Karas Mountains living stone, selected by Kobayashi at the International Succulent Institute of Japan (2004) for an intense red channel network on a grey-brown body. Aizoaceae cultivar; care matches the parent species but with full sun mandatory for face colour.
Lithops karasmontana subsp. bella is the cream-faced, pellucid-windowed subspecies from the granite mountains around Aus in southern Namibia. Sold under Cole’s 1988 subspecies designation though POWO synonymises under the nominate. Aizoaceae, no CITES.
Lithops karasmontana is the Karas Mountains living stone of southern Namibia, with grey-brown bodies etched in deep red face-lines and white autumn flowers. Aizoaceae mesemb, frost-experienced in habitat, no CITES.
Lithops lesliei is the type species of the living-stones genus and the most widely cultivated Lithops in the trade. Free State and Northern Cape native with golden yellow autumn flowers and a beginner-friendly cultivation profile. Aizoaceae.
Complete guide to the genus Echinocereus. The hedgehog cacti of the SW US and Mexico: 85 species, erumpent lateral flowers, and a cold-hardiness range no other cactus genus matches.
