Lithops gracilidelineata subs. brandbergensis (de Boer) D.T.Cole

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Lithops gracilidelineata subs. brandbergensis (de Boer) D.T.Cole

Origin and Habitat: Brandemberg, Namibia.

Synonyms:

• Lithops gracilidelineata subs. brandbergensis (de Boer) D.T.Cole

Description: Lithops gracilidelineata ssp. brandbergensis is a distinct subspecies of Lithops gracilidelineataSN|12335]]SN|12335]] recognizable for the nice ochre orange tones. The network of dark brownish-red lines, which is the prominent feature of the top surface shows a great deal of variation, not only in the way it anastomises but also in its colouration.
Habit: It rarely forms more than a single head or, if branched, forms only few bodies in a clump. It is variable, but conforms to the typical Lithops morphology: two thick, fleshy windowed leaves separated by a crack from which a yellow flower appears. The windowed part allows light into the inner portion of the leaf where the process of photosynthesis is carried out. Old leaves persist for one year usually, often for two years.
Bodies (paired leaves): Top-shaped, truncate in profile, flat or very slightly convex, 30-50 mm 1ong, 20-38 mm broad; fissure shallow, faces flush, round to mostly elliptic, window opaque; top slightly rugose, islands only as fairly regular opaque areas within the channels, various shades of opaque beige, yellowish, orangish, pinkish or reddish brown, Channels narrow, mostly set in a fairly regular network of shallow valleys, sometimes faintly discernible as obscurely translucent dull greyish green; rubrications usually a even network of lines, blood-red or brownish or purplish red; the depressions usually darker in colour than the ridges, margins not clearly distinguish-able
Flowers yellow 20-45 mm in diameter. Sepals 8 mm long, 2-3 mm broad.
Fruits: 6(-7)-chambered, profile rotund to boat-shaped, top convex to peaked, faces broadly elliptic.

 

Lithops gracilidelineata subs. brandbergensis (llifle.com)

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