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Lithops Dinteri var. Frederici

 

Living Stones 'Dinteri Frederici'

Original:Description: Lithops dinteri var. frederici is one of the local or morphological forms of the variable Lithops dinteri distinguished by its small sized and more convex heads with paler coloured bodies with less marked red-dots (Rubrications). It is however quite variable in colouration and the numbers and design of red dots on the tops of the leaves may vary a lot, and sometime the heads are ivory coloured with no red at all. Habit: Growths solitary or few (2-3) in a clump to 3 cm high, but occasionally with more than 6 heads.Bodies (paired leaves): Small sized, 12-20 mm long, 10-14 mm broad, compact, cordate-truncate. Sides coloured purplish green. Fissure 5-7 mm deep. Lobes elliptic-rectangular from above view, convex in profile, more or less equal, top of lobes, smooth, window more or less densely occluded and indistinct; in the window dull dark red dots and/or short dashes and/or hooks and/or lines (rubrications) distributed unevenly over the surface, but often not so bright red as in the other varieties. (The cell walls in the rubrications are coloured red); window bordered by a coloured band, outer part of which is light to dark yellow tinged with brown, this coloured margin more prominent and broader than the inner part of the border; in the margin at both ends where the fissure ends several dark-green to dark blue-green dots in the surface; inner margin practically straight and scarcely lobed or laciniated; outer margin usually absent or indistinct and irregularly incised. Islands few and indistinct, various shades of opaque creamy buff or beige tinged with pink or yellow. Channels often narrow and indistinct, obscurely translucent greenish grey, dull grey-green, often with a reddish tint.Flowers: Daisy-like, diurnal, yellow, small to medium, up to 32 mm across, mostly 20-25 mm across. Fruits: Capsules 4 or 5-chambered. Profile boat-shaped, top broadly elliptic, with hinge-rim flat, occasionaly slightly peaked.Seeds: Very fine, brown, tuberculate. New:A popular and sought after succulent. Lithops have paired leaves with smooth flat or rounded tops that are ridged or wrinkled, sometimes with transparent windows, and sometimes colorful markings. The flowers are white or yellow and emerge in autumn or winter. Lithops are relatively easy to grow if given sufficient sun and a suitable well-drained soil.

 
plant Features
  • Living Stones Dinteri Frederici likes full sun to partial shade

    Full sun to partial shade

  • Living Stones Dinteri Frederici likes very little water

    Very little water

  • Living Stones Dinteri Frederici is not frost hardy

    Not Frost hardy

  • Living Stones Dinteri Frederici likes light and free draining

    Light and free draining

 
plant information

Common name

Living Stones 'Dinteri Frederici'

Latin name

Lithops Dinteri var. Frederici

type

Succulent

family

Aizoaceae

ph

5.0 - 6.5 Acid - Neutral

  • Light

    Living Stones Dinteri Frederici likes full sun to partial shade

    Full sun to partial shade

  • Frost

    Living Stones Dinteri Frederici is not frost hardy

    Not Frost hardy

  • Soil

    Living Stones Dinteri Frederici likes light and free draining

    Light and free draining

  • Water

    Living Stones Dinteri Frederici likes very little water

    Very little water

Plant & bloom calendar

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    Best time to plant

full grown dimensions

The size of a fully grown Living Stones Dinteri Frederici is 0.02meters x 0.01meters 0.02 M 0.01 M

Lithops Dinteri var. Frederici

Original:Description: Lithops dinteri var. frederici is one of the local or morphological forms of the variable Lithops dinteri distinguished by its small sized and more convex heads with paler coloured bodies with less marked red-dots (Rubrications). It is however quite variable in colouration and the numbers and design of red dots on the tops of the leaves may vary a lot, and sometime the heads are ivory coloured with no red at all. Habit: Growths solitary or few (2-3) in a clump to 3 cm high, but occasionally with more than 6 heads.Bodies (paired leaves): Small sized, 12-20 mm long, 10-14 mm broad, compact, cordate-truncate. Sides coloured purplish green. Fissure 5-7 mm deep. Lobes elliptic-rectangular from above view, convex in profile, more or less equal, top of lobes, smooth, window more or less densely occluded and indistinct; in the window dull dark red dots and/or short dashes and/or hooks and/or lines (rubrications) distributed unevenly over the surface, but often not so bright red as in the other varieties. (The cell walls in the rubrications are coloured red); window bordered by a coloured band, outer part of which is light to dark yellow tinged with brown, this coloured margin more prominent and broader than the inner part of the border; in the margin at both ends where the fissure ends several dark-green to dark blue-green dots in the surface; inner margin practically straight and scarcely lobed or laciniated; outer margin usually absent or indistinct and irregularly incised. Islands few and indistinct, various shades of opaque creamy buff or beige tinged with pink or yellow. Channels often narrow and indistinct, obscurely translucent greenish grey, dull grey-green, often with a reddish tint.Flowers: Daisy-like, diurnal, yellow, small to medium, up to 32 mm across, mostly 20-25 mm across. Fruits: Capsules 4 or 5-chambered. Profile boat-shaped, top broadly elliptic, with hinge-rim flat, occasionaly slightly peaked.Seeds: Very fine, brown, tuberculate. New:A popular and sought after succulent. Lithops have paired leaves with smooth flat or rounded tops that are ridged or wrinkled, sometimes with transparent windows, and sometimes colorful markings. The flowers are white or yellow and emerge in autumn or winter. Lithops are relatively easy to grow if given sufficient sun and a suitable well-drained soil.


Planting

From Early Spring TO Early Spring

Lithops thrive best in a coarse, well-drained substrate. Any soil that retains too much water will cause the plants to burst their skins as they over-expand. Plants grown in strong light will develop hard strongly coloured skins which are resistant to damage and rot, although persistent overwatering will still be fatal. Excessive heat will kill potted plants as they cannot cool themselves by transpiration and rely on staying buried in cool soil below the surface.

 

Propagation

From Early Spring TO Early Spring

Propagation of Lithops is by seed or cuttings. Cuttings can only be used to produce new plants after a plant has naturally divided to form multiple heads, so most propagation is by seed. Lithops can readily be pollinated by hand if two separate clones of a species flower at the same time, and seed will be ripe about 9 months later. Seed is easy to germinate, but the seedlings are small and vulnerable for the first year or two, and will not flower until at least two or three years old.

 
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