The Succulent That Looks Like a Stone

[Kazimiera]

The Succulent That Looks Like a Stone

Source: https://www.atlasobscura.com/article...one-succulents

Plant some lithops and fill your window box with living pebbles.



What looks like a rock, but is really a plant? Succulents are the current celebrity of the windowsill gardening world, and one of the stand-out varieties is the lithop. This bulbous genus of succulent is known for its resemblance to a colorful stone, earning it a number of fun nicknames, including “pebble plant.”

On the outside, the plants look like colorful rocks you might find in their native South Africa, or maybe even a weird little brain, but on the inside they are as satisfyingly squishy as any succulent. Despite looking like a precious gem, lithops can also produce a flower from between their rounded halves.

Whatever you call them, a small cluster of lithops is sure to make you the envy of your friends and other indoor gardening enthusiasts.

[Kazimiera]

I love these. I have a few of my own on the kitchen windowsill. I call them my "bums". Every year in spring they grow two new leaves and have one yellow flower per year. My husband already knows what is happening when I tell him that my bum is flowering.

The picture isn't my own. I'll post some pics of mine another day.