Lithops vallis-mariae C281

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Origin and Habitat: Type Locality 15 km East of Mariental, Namibia.
Habitat: It grows on gravelly plains and flats in calcareous soil thickly strewn with smooth, white pebbles and which this Lithops resembles to an unbelievable degree, this camouflage allows them to escape detection and is a very effective strategy for escaping predation. They are pollinated by bees, flies, wasps, gnats, bugs and other insects that are common in the area.

Synonyms:

• Lithops vallis-mariae C281 TL: 15 km E of Mariental, Namibia

Common Names include:
ENGLISH: Stone Plant, Living Stone
ITALIAN (Italiano): Pianta Sasso

Description: This peculiar species is characterised by a minutely pitted top surface, which appears uniform to the naked eye, consists in reality of a large number of ridges with vermiform convolutions. These peculiar vermiform ridges have the appearance of fine sintered limestone and only found in this species.
Habit: It is an acaulescent perennial, geophytic, succulent, seldom solitary, usually forming clumps of 2-4 head, occasionally with up 10 or more heads.
Bodies (Paired leaves): Medium sized, compact, obconic, truncate in profile, slightly convex; 25-40 mm long, 20-30 mm broad, fissure shallow, faces reniform, slightly rugose, opaque pale grey-white, or grey-white tinged with creamy yellow, green, beige or pink and very minutely wrinkled or dotted with pin-pricks. Top with many depressions, giving the appearance of a large number of dots or points. Margin and windows absent or very obscure or very opaque, yellowish-white to bluish-white. Islands manifest only as areas enclosed by channels. Channel often absent, very thin, sometimes quite deeply pitted, channels opaque to very obscurely translucent grey, bluish grey, pinkish grey or pinkish brown, Rub absent.
Flowers: Daisy-like, diurnal, small 15-30 mm in diameter, yellow, straw yellow, sometimes orange-yellow, may be tinged with bronze or pink.
Blooming season: Autumn (in habitat blooms in April)
Fruits: Mostly 5-chambered capsules, profile boat-shaped, flat, occasionally slightly convex, faces broadly elliptic.

Lithops vallis-mariae C281 TL: 15 km E of Mariental, Namibia (llifle.com)

 

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