€15,90

🔍 Highly prized cultivar. Known as Living Stones. Succulent with two fleshy leaves that resemble "stones." Lithops lesliei is a relatively large species within the genus. It has a flat, truncated profile and, when viewed from above, has an elliptical, kidney-shaped form. Smooth to the touch with a shallow central fissure. Partially closed greenish windows. Numerous small windows, which distinguishes it from Lithops aucampie. Very variable colors within the species.

📍 Distributed throughout the Vaal Basin. Its reference locality is Kimberley. Between the border north of South Africa and south of Botswana. It is a rather rainy region. In this region, it rains mainly in spring. It belongs to the family Aizoaceae.

🌡️USDA ZONE 8a - 10a. Can tolerate light frosts. The recommended minimum temperature is -7ºC. In winter, the substrate should remain dry.

☀️For healthy, stress-free growth, it needs partial shade or a PAR radiation intensity of 20 to 25 moles of photons daily.

 🌸 Large central yellow flowers. Blooms between September and November.

💧Watering begins in spring as soon as the plant undergoes its annual molt and the old leaves are reabsorbed. When high summer temperatures arrive between July and August, they enter estivation, and watering should be stopped. Watering restarts in September and continues until the end of the flowering period. In November, watering is completely stopped to facilitate winter dormancy. Always allow the substrate to dry out between waterings. 

🚀 Nutrition: Its growth can be encouraged with very moderate, low-nitrogen fertilization, providing especially potassium and assimilable calcium, such as our Desert CHOICE® Aizoaceae (NPK (Ca-Mg) 6–5–15 (3–3)). 

📏 This is an inimitable Xerophytic plant cultivated in Madrid in a technological square pot and with substrate activated with mycorrhizal fungi. 

Xerophytic in a special gourmet black pot for Lithops, 8x8x11 cm.

* As this is an online purchase, the appearance of the specimen sent may vary slightly from the product image. The photo description specifies the plant's measurements, but this may also vary slightly, because it is a living organism! Each of Desert CITY's plants has unique characteristics.

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