Description:
Lithops optica ‘Rubra’ is a succulent perennial plant. It has windowed leaves which are pink in color with a reddish or purple hue to them. This succulent has two club-shaped pair of opposite leaves (obconical) that grows up to 1 inch in diameter and the stem is very short and not visible. Each leaf pair will produce one solitary, bright, daisy-like flower, white in color, sometimes with pink tips and up to 1 inch in diameter. Flowers are diurnal and appear during autumn. They open late in the day and close up again at dusk.
Scientific Classification :
Family: Aizoaceae
Subfamily: Ruschioideae
Tribe: Ruschieae
Genus: Lithops
Scientific Name: Lithops optica ‘Rubra’.
Common Name: Living Stones.
Synonyms: Lithops optica var. rubra, Lithops optica f. rubra, Lithops rubra, Mesembryanthemum opticum var. rubrum.
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How to Grow and Care
The Lithops optica 'rubra' is a tough species due to the environment from which it originates, however, it seems to be be a little harder to grow than other Lithops.
The environment it originates from does make the plant easy enough to care for as it is used to conditions at certain times of the year when water and humidity is lacking.
Keep in mind this is a winter growing plant that becomes dormant during summer. Cool and dry for the summer and warm with moisture during winter.
Overwatering, especially in colder conditions is the worst offender for the L. optica, and incorrect soil that does not drain well. Less is more type of scenario.
Lithops are interesting for growers to maintain because doing nothing is the best option most of the time, and this is difficult as a grower is thinking what can I do now for my plant...- Learn more at TIPS: HOW TO GROW AND CARE LITHOPS
Origin:
Lithops optica 'Rubra' is a cultivar of Lithops optica.
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