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1 Outdoors only, grows weakly indoors.
2 Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow.
3 Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas.
4 Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain.
5 Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK.
6 Indoors OK but not for beginners, Outdoors not OK.
7 Winter grower. Needs water in winter, not summer.
![, so-called](/images/library-h-haworthia-minima-1.haworthia-minima-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Our "large form".](/images/library-h-haworthia-minima-2.haworthia-minima-large-form-16710.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
Haworthias suit partial shade or redden nicely in full sun. Ideal small indoor plant, or in rockeries. Not very frost-tolerant. About 70 species, many varieties. Most offset to form low clusters.
4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain.
"Code": "4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain."
![Nice milky windows. Some, like this one, are broader than others.](/images/library-h-haworthia-mutica-1.haworthia-mutica-4810.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![](/images/library-h-haworthia-mutica-haworthia-mutica-product-8072008.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
Variable species that is sometimes difficult to distinguish from H. retusa and H. pygmaea. Haworthias suit partial shade or redden nicely in full sun. Ideal small indoor plant, or probably OK in rockeries.
4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain.
"Code": "4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain."
![Adult plant in 7cm pot.](/images/library-h-haworthia-nigra-nana-1.haworthia-nigra-nana.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Towering specimen against backdrop of a finger-shaped mountain range.](/images/library-h-haworthia-nigra-nana-2.haworthia-nigra-nana-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Dense tribal gathering that took years to convene. It deserved a better rock.](/images/library-h-haworthia-nigra-nana-3.haworthia-nigra.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
Tiniest form of the slow-growing H. nigra. Really suits a bonsai-style pot, with rocks, but should be OK outdoors, in fact should become even blacker in strong light. Probably not very frost-tolerant.
4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain.
"Code": "4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain."
![Unusual fingerlike leaf.](/images/library-h-haworthia-obtusa-dielsiana-1.haworthia-obtusa-dielsiana-leaf-detail-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Plant format.](/images/library-h-haworthia-obtusa-dielsiana-2.haworthia-obtusa-dielsiana-pic5.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![End of leaf is windowed....](/images/library-h-haworthia-obtusa-dielsiana-3.haworthia-obtusa-dielsiana-leaf-detail.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![....as clearly seen here.](/images/library-h-haworthia-obtusa-dielsiana-4.haworthia-obtusa-dielsiana-leaf-detail-pic7.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![](/images/library-h-haworthia-obtusa-dielsiana-haworthia-obtusa-dielsiana-leaf-detail-pic3.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![](/images/library-h-haworthia-obtusa-dielsiana-haworthia-obtusa-dielsiana-leaf-detail-pic5.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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One of about 70 species, a windowed and rounded leaf end sets this one apart. Will offset to form low clusters. Suits partial shade. Not very frost-tolerant.
3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas.
"Code": "3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas."
![Clean windows in leaves.](/images/library-h-haworthia-ollasons-hybrid-1.haworthia-ollasons-hybrid-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![](/images/library-h-haworthia-ollasons-hybrid-haworthia-ollasons-hybrid-pic3.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
(Syn. H. ollasoni) Unusually attractive hybrid with large glossy windowed leaves. Forms big, grunty rosettes (for a Haworthia) that will offset and form even bigger, gruntier mounds. Best in light shade. Watch for fungus gnat
4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain.
"Code": "4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain."
![Clean handsome rosette.](/images/library-h-haworthia-papillosa-1.haworthia-papillosa-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Large ivory-coloured teeth.](/images/library-h-haworthia-papillosa-2.haworthia-papillosa-tubercles.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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This is the 'papillosa' variant, with superb white tepuiesque tubercles and it grows to a huge size. How big? Who knows! Eventually it offsets. Large rebranched inflorescence. Possibly OK outdoors in best situation.
4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain.
"Code": "4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain."
![Nice cluster in 17cm bowl](/images/library-h-haworthia-parksiana-1.haworthia-parksiana-101108-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Closer view of the tight, hard rosettes.](/images/library-h-haworthia-parksiana-2.haworthia-parksiana-101108-b.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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This is the smallest of all Haworthias and possibly the most endangered in habitat. Slowly forms cute tight clusters of hard dark green minutely tubercled unwindowed leaves. Avoid overwatering. Indoors only.
4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain.
"Code": "4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain."
![Haworthia pygmaea Crystalline form](/images/library-h-haworthia-pygmaea-crystalline-form-1.haworthia-pygmaea-crystalline-form-7613-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
Splendid (and original) form of the variable H.pygmaea, its minutely papillate leaves giving a frosted appearance. Very slow to offset. Water sparingly.
5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK.
"Code": "5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK."
![Closeup.](/images/library-h-haworthia-reinwardtii-brevicula-1.haworthia-reinwardtii-brevicula-pic5.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![This is how it looks after offsetting.](/images/library-h-haworthia-reinwardtii-brevicula-2.haworthia-reinwardtii-brevicula.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Beautiful columnar miniature, slow growing, rare and not easy in cultivation. Forms many upright leaf-clad stems radiating from an offsetting base. Indoors only in a bright position not too hot.
4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain.
"Code": "4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain."
![Fat columns of leaves.](/images/library-h-haworthia-reinwardtii-kaffirdriftensis-1.haworthia-reinwardtii-kaffirdriftensis.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
Beautiful columnar miniature, slow growing, rare but easy in cultivation. Forms many upright leaf-clad stems, fatter than other forms, and radiating from an offsetting base. Indoors only in a bright position not too hot.
3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas.
"Code": "3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas."
![Eventually offsetting.](/images/library-h-haworthia-scabra-1.haworthia-scabra-19812-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
Haworthias suit partial shade or redden nicely in full sun. Ideal small indoor plant, or in rockeries. Not very frost-tolerant. About 70 species, many varieties. Most offset to form low clusters.
4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain.
"Code": "4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain."
![Haworthia scabra lateganiae](/images/library-h-haworthia-scabra-lateganiae-1.haworthia-scabra-lateganiae-7613-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
Haworthias suit partial shade or redden nicely in full sun. Ideal small indoor plant, or in rockeries. Not very frost-tolerant. About 70 species, many varieties. Most offset to form low clusters.
4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain.
"Code": "4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain."
![Larger than the species.](/images/library-h-haworthia-scabra-morrisiae-1.haworthia-scabra-morrisiae-18812-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
Haworthias suit partial shade or redden nicely in full sun. Ideal small indoor plant, or in rockeries. Not very frost-tolerant. About 70 species, many varieties. Most offset to form low clusters.
4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain.
"Code": "4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain."
![Haworthia setata](/images/library-h-haworthia-setata-1.haworthia-setata-7613-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
Haworthias suit partial shade or redden nicely in full sun. Ideal small indoor plant, or in rockeries. Not very frost-tolerant. About 70 species, many varieties. Most offset to form low clusters.
4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain.
"Code": "4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain."
![Glassy leaf tips make this one of the best.](/images/library-h-haworthia-springbokvlakensis-1.haworthia-springbokvlakensis-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Flower so low is a bit unusual.](/images/library-h-haworthia-springbokvlakensis-2.haworthia-springbokvlakensis-jun-05-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Young plants in a tray.](/images/library-h-haworthia-springbokvlakensis-3.haworthia-springbokvlakensis.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
Described in 1970 this slowgrowing solitary miniature reaches only10cm diameter. Choice translucent leaves. Needs a deeper pot for its thick roots. Water sparingly in partial shade. Indoors only.
5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK.
"Code": "5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK."
![Flowers are on short peduncles and relatively large.](/images/library-h-haworthia-translucens-tenera-1.haworthia-translucens-tenera-jun-07.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Glowing and glassy, glistening and glorious in the glasshouse.](/images/library-h-haworthia-translucens-tenera-2.haworthia-translucens-tenera-pic4.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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This Haworthia is noted for its larger than usual flowers on shorter than usual peduncles. Nice finely bristled leaves and freely offestting. Suits partial shade. Ideal small indoor plant.
4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain.
"Code": "4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain."
![A truly fascinating plant!](/images/library-h-haworthia-truncata-1.haworthia-truncata-30072008-b.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![About 18 years old, precise data lost (yet again, grrrr!)](/images/library-h-haworthia-truncata-2.haworthia-truncata-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Windowed leaf tip, with partial windowing on leaf sides also.](/images/library-h-haworthia-truncata-3.haworthia-truncata-30072008-d.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![This is H. 'Emerald Cream', so find it under that name.](/images/library-h-haworthia-truncata-4.haworthia-emerald-cream-date.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![](/images/library-h-haworthia-truncata-haworthia-truncata-17411-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
Horses' Teeth. Highly evolved leaves are windowed for sunlight to pass thru when the plant is flush with the ground. Needs bright light and light watering, esp. in cooler seasons. Suits pots only.
5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK.
"Code": "5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK."
![Sawn-off-looking leaves have windowed ends.](/images/library-h-haworthia-truncata-maughanii-1.haworthia-truncata-maughanii-pic3.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Old plants become multi-headed.](/images/library-h-haworthia-truncata-maughanii-2.haworthia-truncata-maughanii-brians-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![](/images/library-h-haworthia-truncata-maughanii-haworthia-truncata-maughanii-leaf-closeup-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![](/images/library-h-haworthia-truncata-maughanii-haworthia-truncata-maughanii-leaf-closeup-pic3.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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One of the most sought after Haworthias. Slow growing and unusual (looks like the lawnmower has had a go at it). Indoors needs bright light to keep its windowed leaves low to the ground. Untried outdoors.
5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK.
"Code": "5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK."
![Faster than H.truncata, and always healthy.](/images/library-h-haworthia-truncata-x-magnifica-1.haworthia-truncata-x-magnifica.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Close up of the same (old) plant.](/images/library-h-haworthia-truncata-x-magnifica-2.haworthia-truncata-x-magnifica-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![A windowed leaf.](/images/library-h-haworthia-truncata-x-magnifica-3.haworthia-truncata-x-magnifica-window.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![](/images/library-h-haworthia-truncata-x-magnifica-haworthia-truncata-x-magnifica-pic3.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Attractive manmade hybrid with an interesting windowed leaf. Offsets and grows faster than H.truncata and probably tougher, even OK outdoors possibly maybe perhaps?
4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain.
"Code": "4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain."
![Picture of a trayfull.](/images/library-h-haworthia-turgida-pallidifolia-1.haworthia-turgida-pallidifolia.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
Haworthias suit partial shade or redden nicely in full sun. Ideal small indoor plant, or in rockeries. Not very frost-tolerant. About 70 species, many varieties. Most offset to form low clusters.
4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain.
"Code": "4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain."
![Pic of a trayfull.](/images/library-h-haworthia-turgida-suberecta-1.haworthia-turgida-suberecta.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
Haworthias suit partial shade or redden nicely in full sun. Ideal small indoor plant, or in rockeries. Not very frost-tolerant. About 70 species, many varieties. Most offset to form low clusters.
4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain.
"Code": "4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain."
![Easy species and very nice.](/images/library-h-haworthia-venosa-1.haworthia-venosa-14812-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![A pleasing green I always think.](/images/library-h-haworthia-venosa-2.haworthia-venosa-pic3.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Edges colour up in bright light.](/images/library-h-haworthia-venosa-3.haworthia-venosa-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Haworthias suit partial shade or redden nicely in full sun. Ideal small indoor plant, or in rockeries. Not very frost-tolerant. About 70 species, and many varieties. Most offset to form low clusters.
3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas.
"Code": "3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas."
![A good reticulated pattern on this clone.](/images/library-h-haworthia-venosa-tesselata-1.haworthia-venosa-tesselata-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Glossy when pumped full of water.](/images/library-h-haworthia-venosa-tesselata-2.haworthia-venosa-tesselata.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Haworthias suit partial shade or redden nicely in full sun. Ideal small indoor plant, or in rockeries. Not very frost-tolerant. About 70 species, many varieties. Most offset to form low clusters.
3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas.
"Code": "3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas."
![Leaves are neatly stacked, ready for shipping.](/images/library-h-haworthia-viscosa-1.haworthia-viscosa-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Wonderful miniature with 3 tight ranks of hard triangular pointed leaves vertically stacked and occasionally spiralling. A very slow grower but otherwise easy to look after in indirect light indoors or out of the rain outdoors.
4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain.
"Code": "4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain."
![](/images/library-h-hechtia-marnierlapostollei-hechtia-marnierlapostollei-17108-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Hechtias are succulent ground-dwelling desert bromeliads from Mexico to a little bit south of there. They can flower more than once per rosette! Allow dry periods, best in direct sun light. OK outdoors in mild areas.
4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain.
"Code": "4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain."
![Doing well in the Auckland Botanic Gardens at manurewa.](/images/library-h-hesperoyucca-whipplei-1.hesperoyucca-whipplei.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![The handsome variety H.whipplei eremica.](/images/library-h-hesperoyucca-whipplei-2.hesperoyucca-whipplei-eremica-140208-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Eremica again.](/images/library-h-hesperoyucca-whipplei-3.hesperoyucca-whipplei-eremica-140208-b.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Forms a tight spiny sphere of amazing blue leaves. To 1m diameter. Flowers come in a spectaculur panicle of white bells known as Our Lords Candle. Salt, wind, drought tolerant. Easy in a sunny position. Takes light frosts.
3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas.
"Code": "3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas."
![Glaucous light green leaves in a fan to over 80cm height.](/images/library-h-hippeastrum-sp-cc2569-1.hippeastrum-sp-cc2569-b.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Beautiful veined flowers.](/images/library-h-hippeastrum-sp-cc2569-2.hippeastrum-sp-cc2569-apr-07-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Buds.](/images/library-h-hippeastrum-sp-cc2569-3.hippeastrum-sp-cc2569-26409.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Even seedpods are attractive.](/images/library-h-hippeastrum-sp-cc2569-4.hippeastrum-sp-cc2569-21072008-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Large bulb sits on the ground. Can be peeled (before garden visits) to show its shining inner surface.](/images/library-h-hippeastrum-sp-cc2569-5.hippeastrum-sp-cc2569.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Lovely glaucous fan of thickened grey-green leaves in colder months arise from a huge spherical above ground bulb to 15 cm plus diameter. Gorgeous red-veined flowers in April and other months dependent on how confused it is.
3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas.
"Code": "3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas."
![They can start branching basally even in a 7cm pot.](/images/library-h-hoodia-macrantha-1.hoodia-macrantha-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Flower (I hope).](/images/library-h-hoodia-macrantha-2.hoodia-macrantha-as-131210-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
Spiny succulent from very dry, stony areas in Namibia. Slow growing but can get to 80cm high. Flowers purple, hairy, 15-20cm diameter, the largest in the genus. Indoors only in brightest position, water sparingly and dry in winter.
6.Indoors OK, but not for beginners, Outdoors not OK.
"Code": "6.Indoors OK, but not for beginners, Outdoors not OK."
![Huernia aspera](/images/library-h-huernia-aspera-1.huernia-aspera-6312-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Comments later, too busy right now!
5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK.
"Code": "5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK."
![Clean cream flower.](/images/library-h-huernia-humilis-1.huernia-humilis-13022008-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Clean cream coloured flowers on a small clusterer with stems to 7 cms tall. Not known to be foulsmelling but my memory may be failing me. Indoors only.
5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK.
"Code": "5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK."
![Huernia hystrix](/images/library-h-huernia-hystrix-1.huernia-hystrix-14213-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Small plant.
5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK.
"Code": "5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK."
![Huernia insigniflora](/images/library-h-huernia-insigniflora-1.huernia-insigniflora-291011-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Comments later, too busy right now!
5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK.
"Code": "5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK."
![Huernia keniensis](/images/library-h-huernia-keniensis-1.huernia-keniensis-23210-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Very easy stapeliad from Kenya. Forms dense mats of short stems. Flowers deepest red, bell-shaped and stink-free. Good indoor plant in bright light.
5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK.
"Code": "5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK."
![Wonderfully intricate flower.](/images/library-h-huernia-macrocarpa-penzigii-1.huernia-macrocarpa-penzigii-23211-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Ethiopian stapeliad. From the base of the stems emerge dark star-shaped flowers covered in papillose tubercles. Easily grown indoor plant. Keep dry in colder weather.
5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK.
"Code": "5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK."
![Huernia reticulata](/images/library-h-huernia-reticulata-1.huernia-reticulata-171010.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Also known as H.guttata ssp reticulata, being a dark form of guttata. Flower is a little like H.zebrina but less striped and has hairs down the entranceway.
5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK.
"Code": "5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK."
![pretty smooth flower.](/images/library-h-huernia-thuretii-1.huernia-thuretii-30311-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![A more papillate-flowered form.](/images/library-h-huernia-thuretii-2.huernia-thuretii-lindseys-6413-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Comments later, too busy right now!
5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK.
"Code": "5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK."
![Note bumpulous inner corona, not found in H.zebrina.](/images/library-h-huernia-transvaalensis-rustenburg-1.huernia-transvaalensis.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![A little more spotting on the corona on this one.](/images/library-h-huernia-transvaalensis-rustenburg-2.huernia-transvaalensis-rustenburg-apr-05-pic4.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Nice flower.](/images/library-h-huernia-transvaalensis-rustenburg-3.huernia-transvaalensis-rustenburg-apr-05.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Stems have soft teeth.](/images/library-h-huernia-transvaalensis-rustenburg-4.huernia-transvaalensis-rustenburg.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Wonderful red spotted flowers rather like H.zebrina. Fast-growing groundcovers with amazing flowers on new growth. Prefer large shallow bowl in shade to bright light. Outdoors, only if mild, and keep dry when cold.
4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain.
"Code": "4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain."
![Unusual flowers, difficult species.](/images/library-h-huernia-urceolata-1.huernia-urceolata-25110-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Comments later, too busy right now!
6.Indoors OK, but not for beginners, Outdoors not OK.
"Code": "6.Indoors OK, but not for beginners, Outdoors not OK."
![Glossy as a fresh zebra liver!](/images/library-h-huernia-zebrina-magniflora-1.huernia-zebrina-magniflora.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![The gloss is wearing off the corona after a few days.](/images/library-h-huernia-zebrina-magniflora-2.huernia-zebrina-magniflora-pic3.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![A deeper colour on this one.](/images/library-h-huernia-zebrina-magniflora-3.huernia-zebrina-magniflora-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Flower after watering with LSD solution.](/images/library-h-huernia-zebrina-magniflora-4.huernia-zebrina-magniflora-freak-flower.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Flower after watering with mescaline.](/images/library-h-huernia-zebrina-magniflora-5.huernia-zebrina-magniflora-freak-flower-mar04-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Normally 5-lobed, this 6-lobed flower is aberrant.](/images/library-h-huernia-zebrina-magniflora-6.huernia-zebrina-magniflora-6lobed-fl-apr-05.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![This clone has spotting extending up onto the corona.](/images/library-h-huernia-zebrina-magniflora-7.huernia-zebrina-magniflora-cc8417-19112-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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This spectacular South African succulent has attractive striped and spotted, star flowers with a glossy, reddish 'lifebuoy' in the centre. Flowers freely for much of the year; no smell at all. Easy pot subject.
5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK.
"Code": "5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK."
![Fruit tastes sweet.](/images/library-h-hylocereus-sp-pink-flesh-1.hylocereus-pink-flesh-5511-c.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Fruit still on the plant, and dead flower still attached.](/images/library-h-hylocereus-sp-pink-flesh-2.hylocereus-pink-flesh-fruit-16411-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Outdoors flowering in Mt Wellington.](/images/library-h-hylocereus-sp-pink-flesh-3.hylocereus-sp-pink-flesh-20032009-c.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![The size of flower shown by comparison to this lurking twilight gardener.](/images/library-h-hylocereus-sp-pink-flesh-4.hylocereus-sp-pink-flesh-16311-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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This is an earlier clone we got, grows fine outdoors in Auckland.
3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas.
"Code": "3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas."
![Red fruit.](/images/library-h-hylocereus-sp-red-flesh-1.hylocereus-sp-red-flesh-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Cutaway fruit.](/images/library-h-hylocereus-sp-red-flesh-2.hylocereus-sp-red-flesh-c.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Two year old seedling.](/images/library-h-hylocereus-sp-red-flesh-3.hylocereus-sp-red-flesh-pitaya.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Source of the 1kg fruit known as Pitaya, brilliantly scarlet-fleshed, and forming after the large flowers. Two clones are possibly needed for fruit production. A vigorous scrambling cactus needing freedom to grow and good root run.
3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas.
"Code": "3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas."
![Cut in half to show the white fleshed fruit.](/images/library-h-hylocereus-sp-white-flesh-1.hylocereus-sp-white-flesh-fruit-cutaway.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Piled high in a Kualu Lumpur supermarket.](/images/library-h-hylocereus-sp-white-flesh-2.hylocereus-sp--white-flesh-fruit.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Malaysian orchard growing style.](/images/library-h-hylocereus-sp-white-flesh-3.hylocereus-sp-white-flesh-in-malaysian-orchard-8092006.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Flower.](/images/library-h-hylocereus-sp-white-flesh-4.hylocereus-sp-white-flesh-20310-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
Prob. H.undatus. Source of a 1kg fruit known as Pitaya, this form is white-fleshed, and forms after the large flowers. Two clones are possibly needed for fruit production. A vigorous scrambling cactus needing freedom to grow and good root run.
3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas.
"Code": "3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas."
![Big grunty caudex at the Auckland Botanic Gardens.](/images/library-i-ipomoea-mauritiana-1.ipomoea-mauritiana-nov04-bot-gdn-b.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Masses of large flowers in February (Southern Hemisphere).](/images/library-i-ipomoea-mauritiana-2.ipomoea-mauritiana-14208-1pm.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Vigorous vining caudiciform, with huge purple flowers freely produced in late summer. Strictly summer growing but can survive Auckland winters (wet) outdoors in the garden.
3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas.
"Code": "3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas."
![Stem at 10 - 15cm ht has BIG leaves.](/images/library-j-jatropha-podagrica-1.jatropha-podagrica.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Unusual spindle-shaped stem succulent from Central America and West Indies. Slowly grows to 50cm high. Groups of small bright red flowers in summer. Keep dry in winter when leaves drop.
5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK.
"Code": "5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK."
![Handsome large species suits a big pot in good light.](/images/library-k-kalanchoe-beharensis-1.kalanchoe-beharensis.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Can also grow in the garden but only in the warmest places.](/images/library-k-kalanchoe-beharensis-2.kalanchoe-beharensis-22409.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
Largest of all Kalanchoes, to 2m., sparingly branched. From the dry forests of western Madagascar. Plant for large tub or sheltered, warm, drained, garden bed.
3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas.
"Code": "3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas."
![Kalanchoe figuereidoi](/images/library-k-kalanchoe-figuereidoi-1.kalanchoe-figuereidoi-21072009-b.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Small plant with beautifully coloured leaves in bright light. Outdoor hardiness not yet assured for wet areas. Ask us for latest trial results.
4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain.
"Code": "4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain."
![Quite a large leaf for Kalanchoe.](/images/library-k-kalanchoe-gastonisbonneri-1.kalanchoe-gastonisbonneri-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Covered by glaucous bloom in the greenhouse.](/images/library-k-kalanchoe-gastonisbonneri-2.kalanchoe-gastonisbonneri-15310.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Outdoors in Auckland Botanic Gardens.](/images/library-k-kalanchoe-gastonisbonneri-3.kalanchoe-gastonisbonneri-pic6.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Baby plantlet nourished on leaftip until ready to drop.](/images/library-k-kalanchoe-gastonisbonneri-4.kalanchoe-gastonisbonneri-pic4.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Madagascan oddity to 50cm. Stresses up beautifully going white with red marbling if bright & underfed. Hides baby plantlet in roll of the leaf, like a vegetable kangaroo, but does not hop.
4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain.
"Code": "4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain."
![In the garden in Auckland.](/images/library-k-kalanchoe-hildebrandti-1.kalanchoe-hildebrandti-16909-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Red flowers.](/images/library-k-kalanchoe-hildebrandti-2.kalanchoe-hildebrandti-16909-c.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Comments later, too busy right now!
3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas.
"Code": "3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas."
![Red tonings come to the leaves when the plant is drier.](/images/library-k-kalanchoe-luciae-1.kalanchoe-luciae.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Not so much red, before the summer stress kicks in.](/images/library-k-kalanchoe-luciae-2.kalanchoe-luciae-pic3.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Tall inflorescences.](/images/library-k-kalanchoe-luciae-3.kalanchoe-luciae-jul-05.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Flowers.](/images/library-k-kalanchoe-luciae-4.kalanchoe-luciae-infl-jul-05.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
Southern African species, foolishly (and wrongly) called Bronze Sculpture by some. To 60 cm ht. Reddens nicely with bright light and stress. Outdoors best. Cold-hardiness unknown, but thrives in Auckland gardens.
3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas.
"Code": "3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas."
![Mottled leaves need brightest light.](/images/library-k-kalanchoe-marmorata-1.kalanchoe-marmorata.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Flower is spectacular and unexpected.](/images/library-k-kalanchoe-marmorata-2.kalanchoe-marmorata-jun-07.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Beautiful Ethiopian low growing mini-shrub. Needs warmth and bright light. Stress colours up the marbling on the leaves something wonderful. Flower is an 8cm long pure white wonder.
4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain.
"Code": "4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain."
![Pendulous flowers in September.](/images/library-k-kalanchoe-porphyrocalyx-1.kalanchoe-porphyrocalyx-sept-06-pic5.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![They put on a show over quite a long period.](/images/library-k-kalanchoe-porphyrocalyx-2.kalanchoe-porphyrocalyx-21092008--a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Flower closeup.](/images/library-k-kalanchoe-porphyrocalyx-3.kalanchoe-porphyrocalyx-fl-sept-06-pic4.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Low subshrub or epiphyte from eastern rainforest areas of Madagascar. Suits pot or hanger, needs warmth & shelter outdoors. Attractive purple and cream flowers in spring.
3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas.
"Code": "3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas."
![Pretty species, well worth while.](/images/library-k-kalanchoe-pumila-1.kalanchoe-pumila-25809-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Clustering quite rapidly in our trial garden.](/images/library-k-kalanchoe-pumila-2.kalanchoe-pumila.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Same cluster with flowers.](/images/library-k-kalanchoe-pumila-3.kalanchoe-pumila-sept-05-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Powdery-leaved species from Madagascar. Can be greyish-pink to almost white in colour. Small pink flowers from a short terminal inflorescence. Easy to grow, full sun, well drained mix. For rockery or pot.
3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas.
"Code": "3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas."
![About as big as they get. Might soon flower.](/images/library-k-kalanchoe-tomentosa-1.kalanchoe-tomentosa-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![](/images/library-k-kalanchoe-tomentosa-kalanchoe-tomentosa-jans-garden1.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Commonly called the Panda Plant, this species from Madagascar is best grown in full sun where it will form a bush up to 80cm in height. Flowers brownish, borne on a long stem. Probably not hardy outdoors.
4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain.
"Code": "4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain."
![Half man, half heffalump.](/images/library-k-kedrostis-nana-1.kedrostis-nana-ws-151-back.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Large old specimen in 30cm bowl.](/images/library-k-kedrostis-nana-2.kedrostis-nana-301110-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Ugly but intriguing.](/images/library-k-kedrostis-nana-3.kedrostis-nana-ws-033-close.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![The Octopus's Garden.](/images/library-k-kedrostis-nana-4.kedrostis-nana.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Octopus sans garden.](/images/library-k-kedrostis-nana-5.kedrostis-nana-octopus-garden-2408-b.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Yellow fruit on nana, what else?](/images/library-k-kedrostis-nana-6.kedrostis-nana-fruit-12610-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![](/images/library-k-kedrostis-nana-kedrostis-nana-301110-b.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![](/images/library-k-kedrostis-nana-kedrostis-nana-sept-04.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![](/images/library-k-kedrostis-nana-kedrostis-nana-ws-151-front.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
A vining cucurbit Lump Plant from Africa, with yellow pear-shaped fruit about 1.5cm long. Tiny yellow flowers. Caudex gets to 30cm+ in diameter. Possibly OK outdoors in well drained site.
3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas.
"Code": "3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas."
![Lovely balanced short specimen.](/images/library-k-kleinia-obesa-1.kleinia-obesa-ws-037-rear.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Flower emerges on long peduncle from apex.](/images/library-k-kleinia-obesa-2.kleinia-obesa-pic6.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Close view of flower.](/images/library-k-kleinia-obesa-3.kleinia-obesa-fl.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Fat old stem.](/images/library-k-kleinia-obesa-4.kleinia-obesa-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Attractively cereiform this one.](/images/library-k-kleinia-obesa-5.kleinia-obesa-pic5.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
syn. Senecio deflersii. Rare and unusual species from Yemen (Arabia) Thick upright stems to 50cm high, bright yellow shaving-brush flowers from stem tips in autumn/winter. Remove dead flowers. Bright light, indoors only.
5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK.
"Code": "5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK."
![Delicate leaves and flowers in early winter.](/images/library-l-lachenalia-viridiflora-1.lachenalia-viridiflora-7612-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![The leaves are variable in their spottedness.](/images/library-l-lachenalia-viridiflora-2.lachenalia-viridiflora-variable-leaf-23512-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![](/images/library-l-lachenalia-viridiflora-lachenalia-viridiflora-4609.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Winter-growing bulb with almost-succulent leaves and reliable green flowers in May.
2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow.
"Code": "2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow."
![Lampranthus roseus](/images/library-l-lampranthus-roseus-1.lampranthus-roseus-at-0800-hrs-151111-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Fast filling a fertile flowerbed followed by fantastic floriferousness in about mid-October in Auckland.
1.Outdoors only, (grows weakly indoors).
"Code": "1.Outdoors only, (grows weakly indoors)."
![Fleshy patterned leaves.](/images/library-l-ledebouria-botryoides-1.ledebouria-botryoides-16012009.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
Used to be Drimiopsis kirkii. Has a spotted leaf like L.socialis but more tidy with less of the older dry tunics. Easy to grow in a pot. Try in warm rockery in mild areas also.
4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain.
"Code": "4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain."
![Ledebouria cooperi](/images/library-l-ledebouria-cooperi-1.ledebouria-cooperi-71012-d.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![](/images/library-l-ledebouria-cooperi-ledebouria-cooperi-71012-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Tiny multiplying bulb. Stripey grass-like leaves and cute purple flowers arrive in spring. Expect yearly improvement in plant density and in your fondness for it. It’s a bloody cracker. Leave it outdoors in all seasons.
3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas.
"Code": "3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas."
![These leaves were designed by an Army Tank Commander.](/images/library-l-ledebouria-socialis-1.ledebouria-socialis-pic3.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Unfortunately, the flower too. (Although kinda cute.)](/images/library-l-ledebouria-socialis-2.ledebouria-socialis-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![No tank visible.... see, it works!](/images/library-l-ledebouria-socialis-3.ledebouria-socialis.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
Formerly known as Scilla violacea, this charming little bulb grows well indoors or out, in a sunny well drained position. Small whitish-purple flowers are produced in late spring.
3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas.
"Code": "3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas."
![Totally bizarre, even for a cactus!](/images/library-l-leuchtenbergia-principis-1.leuchtenbergia-principis-6311-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Flower confirms Ferocacti are its closest relatives.](/images/library-l-leuchtenbergia-principis-2.leuchtenbergia-principis-jan-04-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Happy little campers!](/images/library-l-leuchtenbergia-principis-3.leuchtenbergia-principis.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Flower from above.](/images/library-l-leuchtenbergia-principis-4.leuchtenbergia-principis-jan-04.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Very old plant at least 60cms height in Stan Benbow's greenhouse.](/images/library-l-leuchtenbergia-principis-5.leuchtenbergia-principis-pic4.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![](/images/library-l-leuchtenbergia-principis-leuchtenbergia-principis-191109-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Unique cactus from Mexico. Slowly to 50 cm ht, sometimes offsetting from the woody trunk. Large scented yellow flowers in summer. Appreciates repotting. Likes a dry winter.
4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain.
"Code": "4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain."
![Meaty, beaty, big and bouncy.](/images/library-l-lithops-aucampiae-1.lithops-aucampiae-pic3.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Like a barbershop quartet in full throat, a fine four-header flowering fullsomely.](/images/library-l-lithops-aucampiae-2.lithops-aucampiae-mar-05.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Breaking dormancing, TWO pairs of leaves emerge, where previously was only one!](/images/library-l-lithops-aucampiae-3.lithops-aucampiae-dormant-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Note seed capsule on right plant.](/images/library-l-lithops-aucampiae-4.lithops-aucampiae-dormant.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Shows the natural variation.](/images/library-l-lithops-aucampiae-5.lithops-aucampiae-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![This one has unusually large and uncurtained windows. No tenant currently? We intend to breed this form eventually.](/images/library-l-lithops-aucampiae-6.lithops-aucampiae-pic4.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![](/images/library-l-lithops-aucampiae-lithops-aucampiae-pic5.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![](/images/library-l-lithops-aucampiae-lithops-aucampiae-ws64-top.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![](/images/library-l-lithops-aucampiae-lithops-aucampiae-ws64.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![](/images/library-l-lithops-aucampiae-lithops-aucampiae-ws65-top1.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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![](/images/library-l-lithops-aucampiae-lithops-aucampiae.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
One of the largest Lithops, heads to 5cm+. Living Stones, disguised for stony deserts in southern Africa . Suited for bright windowsills. Water sparingly, and give a dry winter until October. Flowers Jan – May.
5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK.
"Code": "5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK."
![Lithops aucampiae euniceae](/images/library-l-lithops-aucampiae-euniceae-1.lithops-aucampiae-euniceae-pic5.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Multiheaded in a nice pot.](/images/library-l-lithops-aucampiae-euniceae-2.lithops-aucampiae-euniceae-ws66.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Lots of liver here.](/images/library-l-lithops-aucampiae-euniceae-3.lithops-aucampiae-euniceae-pic4.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Another one.](/images/library-l-lithops-aucampiae-euniceae-4.lithops-aucampiae-euniceae-pic9.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![More.](/images/library-l-lithops-aucampiae-euniceae-5.lithops-aucampiae-euniceae-pic3.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Deep red.](/images/library-l-lithops-aucampiae-euniceae-6.lithops-aucampiae-euniceae-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![](/images/library-l-lithops-aucampiae-euniceae-lithops-aucampiae-euniceae-dec-05.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![](/images/library-l-lithops-aucampiae-euniceae-lithops-aucampiae-euniceae-pic6.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![](/images/library-l-lithops-aucampiae-euniceae-lithops-aucampiae-euniceae-pic7.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![](/images/library-l-lithops-aucampiae-euniceae-lithops-aucampiae-euniceae-pic8.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![](/images/library-l-lithops-aucampiae-euniceae-lithops-aucampiae-euniceae-ws-134-side.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![](/images/library-l-lithops-aucampiae-euniceae-lithops-aucampiae-euniceae-ws-134-top.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![](/images/library-l-lithops-aucampiae-euniceae-lithops-aucampiae-euniceae-ws661.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![](/images/library-l-lithops-aucampiae-euniceae-lithops-aucampiae-euniceae.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
'Splattered Liver", a particularly fine subspecies, large-bodied and boldly patterned, originally disguised for stony deserts in southern Africa. Suited for bright windowsills. Water sparingly, and give a dry winter until October.
5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK.
"Code": "5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK."
![Lithops aucampiae euniceae fluminalis C 54](/images/library-l-lithops-aucampiae-euniceae-fluminalis-c-54-1.lithops-aucampiae-euniceae-fluminalis-c-54-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Showing the variation possible.](/images/library-l-lithops-aucampiae-euniceae-fluminalis-c-54-2.lithops-aucampiae-euniceae-fluminalis-c-54-nov-05.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Another example.](/images/library-l-lithops-aucampiae-euniceae-fluminalis-c-54-3.lithops-aucampiae-euniceae-fluminalis-c-54.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![](/images/library-l-lithops-aucampiae-euniceae-fluminalis-c-54-lithops-aucampiae-euniceae-fluminalis-c-54-pic3.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
Living Stones, disguised for stony deserts in southern Africa . Suited for bright windowsills. Water sparingly, and give a dry winter until October. Flowers Jan - May.
5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK.
"Code": "5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK."
![In colour, rather like the albinica form of lesliei.](/images/library-l-lithops-aucampiae-jacksons-jade-1.lithops-aucampiae-jacksons-jade-pic3.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![But in this case the flower remains yellow.](/images/library-l-lithops-aucampiae-jacksons-jade-2.lithops-aucampiae-jacksons-jade-mar-07-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Range of variation.](/images/library-l-lithops-aucampiae-jacksons-jade-3.lithops-aucampiae-jacksons-jade-nov-05.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Another example.](/images/library-l-lithops-aucampiae-jacksons-jade-4.lithops-aucampiae-jacksons-jade-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Unusual and easy new cultivar.](/images/library-l-lithops-aucampiae-jacksons-jade-5.lithops-aucampiae-jacksons-jade-mar-07.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
Living Stones, disguised for stony deserts in southern Africa . Suited for bright windowsills. Water sparingly, and give a dry winter until October. Flowers Jan - May.
5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK.
"Code": "5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK."
![Rivers run into small dotty irregularly shaped ponds.](/images/library-l-lithops-aucampiae-koelemanii-c-16-1.lithops-aucampiae-koelemanii-c-16.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Variations.](/images/library-l-lithops-aucampiae-koelemanii-c-16-2.lithops-aucampiae-koelemanii-c-16-nov-05.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![](/images/library-l-lithops-aucampiae-koelemanii-c-16-lithops-aucampiae-koelemanii-c-16-19212-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
Living Stones, disguised for stony deserts in southern Africa . Suited for bright windowsills but shade pots to keep roots cool. Water sparingly, and give mature plants a dry winter until outer leaves shrivel up.
5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK.
"Code": "5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK."
![A white-flowered variant.](/images/library-l-lithops-aucampiae-snowcap-1.lithops-aucampiae-snowcap-10311-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![The new crop.](/images/library-l-lithops-aucampiae-snowcap-2.lithops-aucampiae-snowcap-12613-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![](/images/library-l-lithops-aucampiae-snowcap-lithops-aucampiae-snowcap--mar-04.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![](/images/library-l-lithops-aucampiae-snowcap-lithops-aucampiae-snowcap-apr-05.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Living Stones, disguised for stony deserts in southern Africa . Suited for bright windowsills but shade pots to keep roots cool. Water sparingly, and give mature plants a dry winter until outer leaves shrivel up.
5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK.
"Code": "5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK."
![Old red cluster.](/images/library-l-lithops-bromfieldii-glaudinae-c-116-1.lithops-bromfieldii-glaudinae-c-116-5122007-c.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Yellow flowers.](/images/library-l-lithops-bromfieldii-glaudinae-c-116-2.lithops-bromfieldii-glaudinae-c-116-17413-b.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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![](/images/library-l-lithops-bromfieldii-glaudinae-c-116-lithops-bromfieldii-glaudinae-c-116-5122007-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Living Stones, disguised for stony deserts in southern Africa . Suited for bright windowsills but shade pots to keep roots cool. Water sparingly, and give mature plants a dry winter until outer leaves shrivel up.
5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK.
"Code": "5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK."
![Green headed monster. Sort of.](/images/library-l-lithops-bromfieldii-insularis-sulphurea-c-362-1.lithops-bromfieldii-insularis-sulphurea-c-362-nov-05.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Flowers like sulphur without the smell!](/images/library-l-lithops-bromfieldii-insularis-sulphurea-c-362-2.lithops-bromfieldii-insularis-sulphurea-c-362-mar-04-pic3.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![More flowers.](/images/library-l-lithops-bromfieldii-insularis-sulphurea-c-362-3.lithops-bromfieldii-insularis-sulphurea-c-362-mar-04-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Known especially for its many-headed clusters.](/images/library-l-lithops-bromfieldii-insularis-sulphurea-c-362-4.lithops-bromfieldii-insularis-sulphurea-c-362.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![](/images/library-l-lithops-bromfieldii-insularis-sulphurea-c-362-lithops-bromfieldii-insularis-sulphurea-c-362-mar-04.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
This yellow-green cultivar is known for its rapid multiheaded growth. Suited for bright windowsills. Water sparingly, and give a dry winter until October. Flowers Jan - May.
5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK.
"Code": "5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK."
![Incised lines are definitely groovy.](/images/library-l-lithops-bromfieldii-mennellii-c-283-1.lithops-bromfieldii-mennellii-c-283-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![](/images/library-l-lithops-bromfieldii-mennellii-c-283-lithops-bromfieldii-mennellii-c-283.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
Living Stones, disguised for stony deserts in southern Africa . Suited for bright windowsills but shade pots to keep roots cool. Water sparingly, and give mature plants a dry winter until outer leaves shrivel up.
5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK.
"Code": "5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK."
![Lithops dinteri multipunctata C 181](/images/library-l-lithops-dinteri-multipunctata-c-181-1.lithops-dinteri-multipunctata-c-181-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![](/images/library-l-lithops-dinteri-multipunctata-c-181-lithops-dinteri-multipunctata-c-181.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
Living Stones, disguised for stony deserts in southern Africa . Suited for bright windowsills but shade pots to keep roots cool. Water sparingly, and give mature plants a dry winter until outer leaves shrivel up.
5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK.
"Code": "5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK."
![Lovely form of a lovely species.](/images/library-l-lithops-dorotheae-c-124-1.lithops-dorotheae-c-124-nov-05.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![A greenish clone.](/images/library-l-lithops-dorotheae-c-124-2.lithops-dorotheae-c-124-greenish-clone.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![](/images/library-l-lithops-dorotheae-c-124-lithops-dorotheae-c-124-nov-05-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
Living Stones, disguised for stony deserts in southern Africa . Suited for bright windowsills but shade pots to keep roots cool. Water sparingly, and give mature plants a dry winter until outer leaves shrivel up.
5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK.
"Code": "5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK."
![Variable pattern in top surface.](/images/library-l-lithops-dorotheae-c-300-1.lithops-dorotheae-c-300-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Multiheading after a few years.](/images/library-l-lithops-dorotheae-c-300-2.lithops-dorotheae-c-300-pic3.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![](/images/library-l-lithops-dorotheae-c-300-lithops-dorotheae-c-300-pic4.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![](/images/library-l-lithops-dorotheae-c-300-lithops-dorotheae-c-300-pic5.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![](/images/library-l-lithops-dorotheae-c-300-lithops-dorotheae-c-300.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
Living Stones, disguised for stony deserts in southern Africa . Suited for bright windowsills but shade pots to keep roots cool. Water sparingly, and give mature plants a dry winter until outer leaves shrivel up.
5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK.
"Code": "5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK."
![Lithops fulviceps 'Aurea'](/images/library-l-lithops-fulviceps-aurea-1.lithops-fulviceps-aurea-c-363-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![](/images/library-l-lithops-fulviceps-aurea-lithops-fulviceps-aurea-19212-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![](/images/library-l-lithops-fulviceps-aurea-lithops-fulviceps-aurea-c-363-27313-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![](/images/library-l-lithops-fulviceps-aurea-lithops-fulviceps-aurea-c-363-in-flower.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
Living Stones, disguised for stony deserts in southern Africa . Suited for bright windowsills but shade pots to keep roots cool. Water sparingly, and give mature plants a dry winter until outer leaves shrivel up.
5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK.
"Code": "5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK."
![Reddish type.](/images/library-l-lithops-fulviceps-c-266-1.lithops-fulviceps-c-266-pic3.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![](/images/library-l-lithops-fulviceps-c-266-lithops-fulviceps-c-266-5122007.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![](/images/library-l-lithops-fulviceps-c-266-lithops-fulviceps-c-266-b.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![](/images/library-l-lithops-fulviceps-c-266-lithops-fulviceps-c-266-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
Living Stones, disguised for stony deserts in southern Africa . Suited for bright windowsills but shade pots to keep roots cool. Water sparingly, and give mature plants a dry winter until outer leaves shrivel up.
5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK.
"Code": "5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK."
![New leaves on a richly coloured plant in spring.](/images/library-l-lithops-gesinae-annae-c-78-1.lithops-gesinae-annae-c-78-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![17yo plant.](/images/library-l-lithops-gesinae-annae-c-78-2.lithops-gesinae-annae-c-78-2110-17yo-9313-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![](/images/library-l-lithops-gesinae-annae-c-78-lithops-gesinae-annae-c-78-2110-17yo-9313-d.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![](/images/library-l-lithops-gesinae-annae-c-78-lithops-gesinae-annae-c-78-17213-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![](/images/library-l-lithops-gesinae-annae-c-78-lithops-gesinae-annae-c-78-17213-b.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
Living Stones, disguised for stony deserts in southern Africa . Suited for bright windowsills but shade pots to keep roots cool. Water sparingly, and give mature plants a dry winter until outer leaves shrivel up.
5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK.
"Code": "5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK."
![Nice plant in bud.](/images/library-l-lithops-gracilidelineata-streyi-c-373-1.lithops-gracilidelineata-streyi-c-373.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Nice. See the new leaves coming from within?](/images/library-l-lithops-gracilidelineata-streyi-c-373-2.lithops-gracilidelineata-streyi-c-373-jun-05-pic-2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Lithops in crowded commuter train.](/images/library-l-lithops-gracilidelineata-streyi-c-373-3.lithops-gracilidelineata-streyi-c-373-jun-05.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![](/images/library-l-lithops-gracilidelineata-streyi-c-373-lithops-gracilidelineata-streyi-c-373-nov-05-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![](/images/library-l-lithops-gracilidelineata-streyi-c-373-lithops-gracilidelineata-streyi-c-373-nov-05-pic3.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![](/images/library-l-lithops-gracilidelineata-streyi-c-373-lithops-gracilidelineata-streyi-c-373-nov-05.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
Living Stones, disguised for stony deserts in southern Africa . Suited for bright windowsills but shade pots to keep roots cool. Water sparingly, and give mature plants a dry winter until outer leaves shrivel up.
5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK.
"Code": "5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK."
![This specimen dressed as a harlequin for a season. Not sure what happened to it the following season.](/images/library-l-lithops-hookeri-1.harlequin-lithops-hookeri-15810.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
Living Stones, disguised for stony deserts in southern Africa . Suited for bright windowsills but shade pots to keep roots cool. Water sparingly, and give mature plants a dry winter until outer leaves shrivel up.
5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK.
"Code": "5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK."
![Yellow flowered, grooved top.](/images/library-l-lithops-hookeri-dabneri-c-13-1.lithops-hookeri-dabneri-c-13-apr-07.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![](/images/library-l-lithops-hookeri-dabneri-c-13-lithops-hookeri-dabneri-c-13-mar-07.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![](/images/library-l-lithops-hookeri-dabneri-c-13-lithops-hookeri-dabneri-c-13-nov-05.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![](/images/library-l-lithops-hookeri-dabneri-c-13-lithops-hookeri-dabneri-c-13.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
Living Stones, disguised for stony deserts in southern Africa . Suited for bright windowsills but shade pots to keep roots cool. Water sparingly, and give mature plants a dry winter until outer leaves shrivel up.
5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK.
"Code": "5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK."
![Lithops hookeri susannae C 91](/images/library-l-lithops-hookeri-susannae-c-91-1.lithops-hookeri-susannae-c-91-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Flowers are yellow.](/images/library-l-lithops-hookeri-susannae-c-91-2.lithops-hookeri-susannae-c-91-22032008-b.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![](/images/library-l-lithops-hookeri-susannae-c-91-lithops-hookeri-susannae-c-91-22032008-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![](/images/library-l-lithops-hookeri-susannae-c-91-lithops-hookeri-susannae-c-91-6413-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![](/images/library-l-lithops-hookeri-susannae-c-91-lithops-hookeri-susannae-c-91-and-maribel-22032008.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![](/images/library-l-lithops-hookeri-susannae-c-91-lithops-hookeri-susannae-c-91-pic3.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![](/images/library-l-lithops-hookeri-susannae-c-91-lithops-hookeri-susannae-c-91.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
Living Stones, disguised for stony deserts in southern Africa . Suited for bright windowsills but shade pots to keep roots cool. Water sparingly, and give mature plants a dry winter until outer leaves shrivel up.
5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK.
"Code": "5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK."
![Pattern is even from edge to centre. Like a sunbaked pond bottom.](/images/library-l-lithops-hookeri-vermiculate-form-c-335-1.lithops-hookeri-vermiculate-form-c-335-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Variation.](/images/library-l-lithops-hookeri-vermiculate-form-c-335-2.lithops-hookeri-vermiculate-form-c-335-nov-05.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Nice 3-header.](/images/library-l-lithops-hookeri-vermiculate-form-c-335-3.lithops-hookeri-vermiculate-form-c-335.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Come on luv, give us a kiss!](/images/library-l-lithops-hookeri-vermiculate-form-c-335-4.lithops-hookeri-vermiculate-form-c-335-25512-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![](/images/library-l-lithops-hookeri-vermiculate-form-c-335-lithops-hookeri-vermiculate-form-c-335-8811-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
Living Stones, disguised for stony deserts in southern Africa . Suited for bright windowsills but shade pots to keep roots cool. Water sparingly, and give mature plants a dry winter until outer leaves shrivel up.
5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK.
"Code": "5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK."
![Lithops julii C 64](/images/library-l-lithops-julii-c-64-1.lithops-julii-c-64-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![](/images/library-l-lithops-julii-c-64-lithops-julii-c-64-pic3.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![](/images/library-l-lithops-julii-c-64-lithops-julii-c-64.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
Living Stones, disguised for stony deserts in southern Africa . Suited for bright windowsills but shade pots to keep roots cool. Water sparingly, and give mature plants a dry winter until outer leaves shrivel up.
5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK.
"Code": "5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK."
![One of our favourites. Rare too!](/images/library-l-lithops-julii-reticulata-1.lithops-julii-reticulata.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Obscured by white flowers.](/images/library-l-lithops-julii-reticulata-2.lithops-julii-reticulata-apr-07.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Note the variations.](/images/library-l-lithops-julii-reticulata-3.lithops-julii-reticulata-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Camouflage being spoilt by flowers!.](/images/library-l-lithops-julii-reticulata-4.lithops-julii-reticulata-apr-00.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Another example.](/images/library-l-lithops-julii-reticulata-5.lithops-julii-reticulata-pic3.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![](/images/library-l-lithops-julii-reticulata-lithops-julii-reticulata-oct-03.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
One of the best Living Stones, disguised for stony deserts in Namibia. Suited for bright windowsills. Water sparingly, and give a dry winter until October. Flowers Jan - May. Watch for root bugs.
5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK.
"Code": "5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK."
![Lithops karasmontana C 226](/images/library-l-lithops-karasmontana-c-226-1.lithops-karasmontana-c-226-pic5.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Single plant.](/images/library-l-lithops-karasmontana-c-226-2.lithops-karasmontana-c-226-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![White flower just visible.](/images/library-l-lithops-karasmontana-c-226-3.lithops-karasmontana-c-226-pic3.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Variation.](/images/library-l-lithops-karasmontana-c-226-4.lithops-karasmontana-c-226.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Less lines.](/images/library-l-lithops-karasmontana-c-226-5.lithops-karasmontana-c-226-pic6.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![As you can see, a variable species.](/images/library-l-lithops-karasmontana-c-226-6.lithops-karasmontana-c-226-pic4.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![](/images/library-l-lithops-karasmontana-c-226-lithops-karasmontana-c-226-nov-05-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![](/images/library-l-lithops-karasmontana-c-226-lithops-karasmontana-c-226-nov-05-pic3.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![](/images/library-l-lithops-karasmontana-c-226-lithops-karasmontana-c-226-nov-05.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![](/images/library-l-lithops-karasmontana-c-226-lithops-karasmontana-c-226-pic7.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
Living Stones, disguised for stony deserts in southern Africa . Suited for bright windowsills but shade pots to keep roots cool. Water sparingly, and give mature plants a dry winter until outer leaves shrivel up.
5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK.
"Code": "5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK."
![Lithops karasmontana lericheana C 329 pic2](/images/library-l-lithops-karasmontana-lericheana-c-329-1.lithops-karasmontana-lericheana-c-329-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Lithops karasmontana lericheana C 329 Nov 05](/images/library-l-lithops-karasmontana-lericheana-c-329-2.lithops-karasmontana-lericheana-c-329-nov-05.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
Living Stones, disguised for stony deserts in southern Africa . Suited for bright windowsills but shade pots to keep roots cool. Water sparingly, and give mature plants a dry winter until outer leaves shrivel up.
5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK.
"Code": "5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK."
![Lithops karasmontana 'mickbergensis' C 169](/images/library-l-lithops-karasmontana-mickbergensis-c-169-1.lithops-karasmontana-mickbergensis-c-169-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![](/images/library-l-lithops-karasmontana-mickbergensis-c-169-lithops-karasmontana-mickbergensis-c-169.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
Living Stones, disguised for stony deserts in southern Africa . Suited for bright windowsills but shade pots to keep roots cool. Water sparingly, and give mature plants a dry winter until outer leaves shrivel up.
5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK.
"Code": "5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK."
![A plain example.](/images/library-l-lithops-karasmontana-opalina-1.lithops-karasmontana-opalina-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Note that some are marked, some plain. Future breeding will be plain to plain.](/images/library-l-lithops-karasmontana-opalina-2.lithops-karasmontana-opalina.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![White flowers.](/images/library-l-lithops-karasmontana-opalina-3.lithops-karasmontana-opalina-apr-05.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
Living Stones, disguised for stony deserts in southern Africa . Suited for bright windowsills. Water sparingly, and give a dry winter until October. Flowers Jan - May.
5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK.
"Code": "5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK."
![Lithops karasmontana tischeri C 182 pic3](/images/library-l-lithops-karasmontana-tischeri-c-182-1.lithops-karasmontana-tischeri-c-182-pic3.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Lithops karasmontana tischeri C 182](/images/library-l-lithops-karasmontana-tischeri-c-182-2.lithops-karasmontana-tischeri-c-182.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Lithops karasmontana tischeri C 182 pic4](/images/library-l-lithops-karasmontana-tischeri-c-182-3.lithops-karasmontana-tischeri-c-182-pic4.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![](/images/library-l-lithops-karasmontana-tischeri-c-182-lithops-karasmontana-tischeri-c-182-nov-05-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![](/images/library-l-lithops-karasmontana-tischeri-c-182-lithops-karasmontana-tischeri-c-182-nov-05.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![](/images/library-l-lithops-karasmontana-tischeri-c-182-lithops-karasmontana-tischeri-c-182-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
Living Stones, disguised for stony deserts in southern Africa . Suited for bright windowsills but shade pots to keep roots cool. Water sparingly, and give mature plants a dry winter until outer leaves shrivel up.
5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK.
"Code": "5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK."
![Nice cluster after a few years.](/images/library-l-lithops-lesliei-albinica-1.lithops-lesliei-albinica-apr-05.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Freakish plant having a three way division.](/images/library-l-lithops-lesliei-albinica-2.lithops-lesliei-albinica-freak.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![A basal offset is most unusual in Lithops.](/images/library-l-lithops-lesliei-albinica-3.lithops-lesliei-albinica-with-tiny-offset.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![](/images/library-l-lithops-lesliei-albinica-lithops-lesliei-albinica-24310-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![](/images/library-l-lithops-lesliei-albinica-lithops-lesliei-albinica-sept-07.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
Odd form with white flowers and lacking normal brown pigments. Suited for bright windowsills. Water sparingly, and give a dry winter until October. Flowers Jan - May. Watch for root bugs.
5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK.
"Code": "5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK."
![Lithops lesliei burchellii C 308](/images/library-l-lithops-lesliei-burchellii-c-308-1.lithops-lesliei-burchellii-c-308-12613-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![](/images/library-l-lithops-lesliei-burchellii-c-308-lithops-lesliei-burchellii-c-308.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
Living Stones, disguised for stony deserts in southern Africa . Suited for bright windowsills. Water sparingly, and give a dry winter until October. Flowers Jan - May.
5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK.
"Code": "5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK."
![Lithops lesliei C 10](/images/library-l-lithops-lesliei-c-10-1.lithops-lesliei-c-10-nov-05.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![](/images/library-l-lithops-lesliei-c-10-lithops-lesliei-c-10-12613-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
Living Stones, disguised for stony deserts in southern Africa . Suited for bright windowsills but shade pots to keep roots cool. Water sparingly, and give mature plants a dry winter until outer leaves shrivel up.
5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK.
"Code": "5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK."
![Ponds, rivers, and sometimes lakes.](/images/library-l-lithops-lesliei-c-33-1.lithops-lesliei-c-33-pic3.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![](/images/library-l-lithops-lesliei-c-33-lithops-lesliei-c-33-nov-05-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![](/images/library-l-lithops-lesliei-c-33-lithops-lesliei-c-33-nov-05.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![](/images/library-l-lithops-lesliei-c-33-lithops-lesliei-c-33-pic4.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
Living Stones, disguised for stony deserts in southern Africa . Suited for bright windowsills but shade pots to keep roots cool. Water sparingly, and give mature plants a dry winter until outer leaves shrivel up.
5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK.
"Code": "5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK."
![Lithops lesliei hornii](/images/library-l-lithops-lesliei-hornii-1.lithops-lesliei-hornii-14510-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![](/images/library-l-lithops-lesliei-hornii-lithops-lesliei-hornii-14510-b.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![](/images/library-l-lithops-lesliei-hornii-lithops-lesliei-hornii-16412-a.lesliei-hornii.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
Living Stones, disguised for stony deserts in southern Africa . Suited for bright windowsills but shade pots to keep roots cool. Water sparingly, and give mature plants a dry winter until outer leaves shrivel up.
5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK.
"Code": "5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK."
![Kimberley form' is finely marked.](/images/library-l-lithops-lesliei-kimberley-form-c-14-1.lithops-lesliei-kimberley-form-c-14.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Lithops lesliei 'Kimberley form' C 14 pic2.](/images/library-l-lithops-lesliei-kimberley-form-c-14-2.lithops-lesliei-kimberley-form-c-14-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![](/images/library-l-lithops-lesliei-kimberley-form-c-14-lithops-lesliei-kimberley-form-c-14-nov-05-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![](/images/library-l-lithops-lesliei-kimberley-form-c-14-lithops-lesliei-kimberley-form-c-14-nov-05-pic3.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![](/images/library-l-lithops-lesliei-kimberley-form-c-14-lithops-lesliei-kimberley-form-c-14-nov-05.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![](/images/library-l-lithops-lesliei-kimberley-form-c-14-lithops-lesliei-kimberley-form-c-14-pic3.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
Living Stones, disguised for stony deserts in southern Africa . Suited for bright windowsills but shade pots to keep roots cool. Water sparingly, and give mature plants a dry winter until outer leaves shrivel up.
5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK.
"Code": "5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK."
![Two-headed plant about 5 years old.](/images/library-l-lithops-lesliei-venteri-c-1-1.lithops-lesliei-venteri-c-1.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Camouflaged in Brightwater 6 to 3mm gravel.](/images/library-l-lithops-lesliei-venteri-c-1-2.lithops-lesliei-venteri-c-1-nov-05.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Buds opening.](/images/library-l-lithops-lesliei-venteri-c-1-3.lithops-lesliei-venteri-c-1-apr-07.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Lots of rivers, not much lake.](/images/library-l-lithops-lesliei-venteri-c-1-4.lithops-lesliei-venteri-c-1-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Big lake.](/images/library-l-lithops-lesliei-venteri-c-1-5.lithops-lesliei-venteri-c-1-pic3.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Fine dendritic windows sometimes drain into a lake, sometimes don't.](/images/library-l-lithops-lesliei-venteri-c-1-6.lithops-lesliei-venteri-c-1-nov-05-pic3.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![](/images/library-l-lithops-lesliei-venteri-c-1-lithops-lesliei-venteri-c-1-nov-05-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
Living Stones, disguised for stony deserts in southern Africa . Suited for bright windowsills but shade pots to keep roots cool. Water sparingly, and give mature plants a dry winter until outer leaves shrivel up.
5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK.
"Code": "5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK."
![Lithops lesliei venteri 'maraisii' C 153](/images/library-l-lithops-lesliei-venteri-maraisii-c-153-1.lithops-lesliei-venteri-maraisii-c-153-5122007.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![](/images/library-l-lithops-lesliei-venteri-maraisii-c-153-lithops-lesliei-venteri-maraisii-c-153-5122007-b.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![](/images/library-l-lithops-lesliei-venteri-maraisii-c-153-lithops-lesliei-venteri-maraisii-c-153-nov-05.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
This was separated from std venteri for its larger dark windows, less curtained. Suited for bright windowsills but shade the pots to keep roots cool. Water sparingly, and give mature plants a dry winter until outer leaves shrivel up.
5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK.
"Code": "5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK."
![Lithops localis C 345](/images/library-l-lithops-localis-c-345-1.lithops-localis-c-345.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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This was separated from std venteri for its larger dark windows, less curtained. Suited for bright windowsills but shade the pots to keep roots cool. Water sparingly, and give mature plants a dry winter until outer leaves shrivel up.
5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK.
"Code": "5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK."
![Lovely species.](/images/library-l-lithops-marmorata-elisae-c-251-1.lithops-marmorata-elisae-c-251-pic3.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Variations.](/images/library-l-lithops-marmorata-elisae-c-251-2.lithops-marmorata-elisae-c-251.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Another one.](/images/library-l-lithops-marmorata-elisae-c-251-3.lithops-marmorata-elisae-c-251-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Rather brain-like is this variety. In looks, not in intellectual profundity.](/images/library-l-lithops-marmorata-elisae-c-251-4.lithops-marmorata-elisae-c-251-jun-05-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Leaves start to pucker as the water is used from them in mid-winter.](/images/library-l-lithops-marmorata-elisae-c-251-5.lithops-marmorata-elisae-c-251-jun-05-pic3.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![](/images/library-l-lithops-marmorata-elisae-c-251-lithops-marmorata-elisae-c-251-jun-05-pic4.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Living Stones, disguised for stony deserts in southern Africa . Suited for bright windowsills but shade pots to keep roots cool. Water sparingly, and give mature plants a dry winter until outer leaves shrivel up.
5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK.
"Code": "5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK."
![Needs brightest light and little water to keep underblown.](/images/library-l-lithops-naureeniae-1.lithops-naureeniae-13510-b.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Close view.](/images/library-l-lithops-naureeniae-2.lithops-naureeniae-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![](/images/library-l-lithops-naureeniae-lithops-naureeniae-nov-05.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Described only in 1980, requires less water and brighter light than most Lithops. Water sparingly, and give a dry winter until October. Last of the yellows to flower.
5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK.
"Code": "5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK."
![Sorry no pics of this yet. Next time.](/images/library-l-lithops-optica-c-287-1.sorry-no-pics-yet.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
This is the green form which grows wild alongside (and in fact siblings of) the purple optica 'rubra' in a very harsh hot coastal strip of Namibia. Of all the so-called Living Stones, these optica flower latest into winter and need some water through Autumn. However, they also need their summer water to arrive later than other Lithops species and in very restrained amounts too. Suited for bright windowsills but shade the pots to keep roots cool. Water sparingly, and give mature plants a dry winter until outer leaves shrivel up.
5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK.
"Code": "5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK."
![Lithops optica 'Rubra'](/images/library-l-lithops-optica-rubra-1.lithops-optica-rubra-apr-07-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![](/images/library-l-lithops-optica-rubra-lithops-optica-rubra-apr-07.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![](/images/library-l-lithops-optica-rubra-lithops-optica-rubra-c-287-nov-05.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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An intense ruby pink mutant Living Stone, disguised for stony deserts in the southern Namibian fog belt. Suited for bright windowsills. Water sparingly, and give a dry rest July until October while old leaves are re-absorbed.
6.Indoors OK, but not for beginners, Outdoors not OK.
"Code": "6.Indoors OK, but not for beginners, Outdoors not OK."
![Long window with lovely curtains.](/images/library-l-lithops-otzeniana-1.lithops-otzeniana-c-280-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Yellow flower, first day opening.](/images/library-l-lithops-otzeniana-2.lithops-otzeniana-c-280-apr-07-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Easy to see why its one of our favourites.](/images/library-l-lithops-otzeniana-3.lithops-otzeniana-c-280-pic7.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Slightly sculpted top surface, caused by dryness. Quite nice.](/images/library-l-lithops-otzeniana-4.lithops-otzeniana-c-280-pic6.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Another rugose very dry example. Particularly pale flower also.](/images/library-l-lithops-otzeniana-5.lithops-otzeniana-c-280-apr-07.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![](/images/library-l-lithops-otzeniana-lithops-otzeniana-280408-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Living Stones, disguised for stony deserts in southern Africa . Suited for bright windowsills but shade pots to keep roots cool. Water sparingly, and give mature plants a dry winter until outer leaves shrivel up.
4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain.
"Code": "4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain."
![Lithops pseudotruncatella archerae C 104 pic4](/images/library-l-lithops-pseudotruncatella-archerae-c-104-1.lithops-pseudotruncatella-archerae-c-104-pic4.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Variations.](/images/library-l-lithops-pseudotruncatella-archerae-c-104-2.lithops-pseudotruncatella-archerae-c-104.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Living Stones, disguised for stony deserts in southern Africa . Suited for bright windowsills but shade pots to keep roots cool. Water sparingly, and give mature plants a dry winter until outer leaves shrivel up.
5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK.
"Code": "5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK."
![Lithops pseudotruncatella groendrayensis C 244](/images/library-l-lithops-pseudotruncatella-groendrayensis-c-244-1.lithops-pseudotruncatella-groendrayensis-c-244-12613-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
Living Stones, disguised for stony deserts in southern Africa . Suited for bright windowsills but shade pots to keep roots cool. Water sparingly, and give mature plants a dry winter until outer leaves shrivel up.
5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK.
"Code": "5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK."
![Clean and lovely.](/images/library-l-lithops-pseudotruncatella-red-veiny-form-1.lithops-pseudotruncatella-red-veiny-form-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Good-sized bodies on these.](/images/library-l-lithops-pseudotruncatella-red-veiny-form-2.lithops-pseudotruncatella-red-veiny-form.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![](/images/library-l-lithops-pseudotruncatella-red-veiny-form-lithops-pseudotruncatella-red-veiny-form-nov-05-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Living Stones, disguised for stony deserts in southern Africa . Suited for bright windowsills. Water sparingly, and give a dry winter until October. Flowers Jan - May.
5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK.
"Code": "5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK."
![This taxa is one of our very favourites.](/images/library-l-lithops-pseudotruncatella-volkii-c-69-1.lithops-pseudotruncatella-volkii-c-69-pic3.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![These would be the earliest Lithops in flower each summer.](/images/library-l-lithops-pseudotruncatella-volkii-c-69-2.lithops-pseudotruncatella-volkii-c-69-nov-05-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Two-headed plant.](/images/library-l-lithops-pseudotruncatella-volkii-c-69-3.lithops-pseudotruncatella-volkii-c-69-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Variation.](/images/library-l-lithops-pseudotruncatella-volkii-c-69-4.lithops-pseudotruncatella-volkii-c-69.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![](/images/library-l-lithops-pseudotruncatella-volkii-c-69-lithops-pseudotruncatella-volkii-c-69-nov-05.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Living Stones, disguised for stony deserts in southern Africa . Suited for bright windowsills but shade pots to keep roots cool. Water sparingly, and give mature plants a dry winter until outer leaves shrivel up.
5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK.
"Code": "5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK."
![Being bred for red-facedness.](/images/library-l-lithops-redfaced-mick-1.lithops-redfaced-mick-c-169-pic3.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![](/images/library-l-lithops-redfaced-mick-lithops-redfaced-mick-c-169-pic5.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
A red selection from L. karasmontana mickbergensis. Suited for bright windowsills but shade pots to keep roots cool. Water sparingly, and give mature plants a dry winter until outer leaves shrivel up.
5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK.
"Code": "5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK."
![A nicely patterned example.](/images/library-l-lithops-salicola-maculate-c-86-1.lithops-salicola-maculate-c-86-23211-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![These young plants show great variation, and also have yet to develop the brown tones.](/images/library-l-lithops-salicola-maculate-c-86-2.lithops-salicola-maculate-c-86-12613.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
Living Stones, disguised for stony deserts in southern Africa . Suited for bright windowsills but shade pots to keep roots cool. Water sparingly, and give mature plants a dry winter until outer leaves shrivel up.
5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK.
"Code": "5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK."
![Lithops schwantesii C 191](/images/library-l-lithops-schwantesii-c-191-1.lithops-schwantesii-c-191.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![A redder one. Some Lithops are very variable, even seasonally.](/images/library-l-lithops-schwantesii-c-191-2.lithops-schwantesii-c-191-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
Living Stones, disguised for stony deserts in southern Africa . Suited for bright windowsills but shade pots to keep roots cool. Water sparingly, and give mature plants a dry winter until outer leaves shrivel up.
5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK.
"Code": "5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK."
![Streams drying up leave short remnants as summer approaches.](/images/library-l-lithops-schwantesii-c-80-1.lithops-schwantesii-c-80.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![](/images/library-l-lithops-schwantesii-c-80-lithops-schwantesii-c-80-5122007-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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![](/images/library-l-lithops-schwantesii-c-80-lithops-schwantesii-c-80-nov-05-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Living Stones, disguised for stony deserts in southern Africa . Suited for bright windowsills but shade pots to keep roots cool. Water sparingly, and give mature plants a dry winter until outer leaves shrivel up.
5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK.
"Code": "5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK."
![Lithops schwantesii rugosa C 192](/images/library-l-lithops-schwantesii-rugosa-c-192-1.lithops-schwantesii-rugosa-c-192-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Last year's 2-headed plant emerging as a 4-headed plant.](/images/library-l-lithops-schwantesii-rugosa-c-192-2.lithops-schwantesii-rugosa-c-192.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Variations.](/images/library-l-lithops-schwantesii-rugosa-c-192-3.lithops-schwantesii-rugosa-c-192-nov-05.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Living Stones, disguised for stony deserts in southern Africa . Suited for bright windowsills but shade pots to keep roots cool. Water sparingly, and give mature plants a dry winter until outer leaves shrivel up.
5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK.
"Code": "5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK."
![Lithops schwantesii urikosensis C 75 Nov 05](/images/library-l-lithops-schwantesii-urikosensis-c-75-1.lithops-schwantesii-urikosensis-c-75-nov-05.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Lithops schwantesii urikosensis C 75 Mar 07](/images/library-l-lithops-schwantesii-urikosensis-c-75-2.lithops-schwantesii-urikosensis-c-75-mar-07.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Living Stones, disguised for stony deserts in southern Africa . Suited for bright windowsills but shade pots to keep roots cool. Water sparingly, and give mature plants a dry winter until outer leaves shrivel up.
5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK.
"Code": "5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK."
![These are all yellow-flowered but other species have white flowers.](/images/library-l-lithops-sp-1.lithops-sp-pic4.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Typical size of the plants we will choose from. (But varied, of course).](/images/library-l-lithops-sp-2.lithops-schwantesii-c-191-pic3.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
Living Stones, disguised for stony deserts in southern Africa . Suited for bright windowsills but shade pots to keep roots cool. Water sparingly, and give mature plants a dry winter until outer leaves shrivel up.
5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK.
"Code": "5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK."
![3-headed older plant in flower.](/images/library-l-lithops-verruculosa-1.lithops-verruculosa-c-120-mar-07-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Note the colour of new leaves compared to the old leaves. The new leaves will change to that colour too over 12 months.](/images/library-l-lithops-verruculosa-2.lithops-verruculosa-c-120-9910.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![](/images/library-l-lithops-verruculosa-lithops-verruculosa-22032008.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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This is the only Lithops species with pink flowers, all the rest having white or yellow flowers. Suited for bright windowsills but shade pots to keep roots cool. Water sparingly, and give mature plants a dry winter until outer leaves shrivel up.
5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK.
"Code": "5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK."
![Lithops verruculosa 'Rose of Texas'](/images/library-l-lithops-verruculosa-rose-of-texas-1.lithops-verruculosa-rose-of-texas-21032009-c.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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This is a colour form of the only Lithops species with pink flowers, all the rest having white or yellow flowers. Suited for bright windowsills but shade pots to keep roots cool. Water sparingly, and give mature plants a dry winter until outer leaves shrivel up.
5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK.
"Code": "5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK."
![Nice plants. This is C 230a.](/images/library-l-lithops-villetii-deboeri-1.lithops-villetii-deboeri-c-230a-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Intense colours in the emerging new leaves at the beginning of the growing season.](/images/library-l-lithops-villetii-deboeri-2.lithops-villetii-deboeri.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Living Stones, disguised for stony deserts in southern Africa . Suited for bright windowsills but shade pots to keep roots cool. Water sparingly, and give mature plants a dry winter until outer leaves shrivel up.
5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK.
"Code": "5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK."
![Clear red flower.](/images/library-l-lobivia-aurea-redflowered-form-1.lobivia-aurea-redflowered-form-140109-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Spiny balls.](/images/library-l-lobivia-aurea-redflowered-form-2.lobivia-aurea-redflowered-form-pic5.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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A red-flowered form of Lobivia aurea from Sierra de Ancasti, Argentina. Lovely blood-red flowers about 8 cm diam at the top of the bodies which eventually cluster. Easy and probably OK outdoors in welldrained location.
3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas.
"Code": "3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas."
![Lovely and somewhat variable flower colours, more clarity coming later as we select the best.](/images/library-l-lobivia-chilensis-1.lobivia-chilensis-15511-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Comments later, too busy right now!
4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain.
"Code": "4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain."
![Glaucous bloom is very evident on this one.](/images/library-l-lobivia-thionantha-glauca-1.lobivia-thionantha-glauca-14510.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Yellow flowers.](/images/library-l-lobivia-thionantha-glauca-2.lobivia-thionantha-glauca-121209.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Unusual Lobivia in having a powdery glaucous almost blue surface to its skin. Straight black spines and reliable pale yellow flowers in summer make this a fine miniature for the windowsill or greenhouse.
4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain.
"Code": "4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain."
![Wonderful big flowers.](/images/library-l-lobivia-wrightiana-winteriana-1.lobivia-wrightiana-winteriana-231109-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Taller old plants in a tray.](/images/library-l-lobivia-wrightiana-winteriana-2.lobivia-wrightiana-winteriana-nov-03-pic3.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Small plant with big flower.](/images/library-l-lobivia-wrightiana-winteriana-3.lobivia-wrightiana-winteriana-7210-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Current name: Echinopsis backebergii backebergii](/images/library-l-lobivia-wrightiana-winteriana-4.lobivia-wrightiana-winteriana-231109-b.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![](/images/library-l-lobivia-wrightiana-winteriana-lobivia-wrightiana-winteriana-31211-b.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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A spectacular-flowering cactus from Bolivia and Peru having carmine-red flowers with a white throat. Spines are curved and much better when grown in strong light.
3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas.
"Code": "3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas."
![Shiny, dark green leaves with soft teeth.](/images/library-l-lomatophyllum-citreum-1.lomatophyllum-citreum.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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(syn. Aloe citrea). Madagascan with berry fruit. Flat rosettes to 30cm diam, leaves dark green. Flowers lemon-yellow (hence the species name) with green midrib. Best in shade or indirect light. OK outdoors in mild areas.
3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas.
"Code": "3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas."
![Lovely markings on leaves.](/images/library-l-lomatophyllum-prostratum-1.lomatophyllum-prostratum-11811.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Nice raceme.](/images/library-l-lomatophyllum-prostratum-2.lomatophyllum-prostratum-121109.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Fruits are fleshy, the distinction from Aloe genus 'sensu stricto' which has dry fruits.](/images/library-l-lomatophyllum-prostratum-3.lomatophyllum-prostratum-fruit-jun-04.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Camouflaged for the Madagascan dry forest floor.](/images/library-l-lomatophyllum-prostratum-4.lomatophyllum-prostratum-pic3.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Aloe relative from Madagascar. Flat rosettes to 35cm, leaves beautifully mottled. Flowers bright red with green tips. Grows best in shade or indirect light. Probably not OK outdoors.
3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas.
"Code": "3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas."
![Sculptural and wise.](/images/library-l-lophocereus-schottii-monstrose-1.lophocereus-schottii-monstrose-2052008.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Rough-hewn characters all!](/images/library-l-lophocereus-schottii-monstrose-2.lophocereus-schottii-monstrose-30513-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Some aberrant ones in foreground.](/images/library-l-lophocereus-schottii-monstrose-3.lophocereus-schottii-monstrose-aberrants.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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The famed Totem Pole Cactus, a spineless mutant discovered in 1930 in one wild colony about 300 x 1600 m long in Baja desert, California. Superb looking, it was collected almost to extinction for the US market. Not difficult to grow.
3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas.
"Code": "3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas."
![Birdsnest-like in its spination.](/images/library-m-mammillaria-camptotricha-1.mammillaria-camptotricha-jan-07.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Some product.](/images/library-m-mammillaria-camptotricha-2.mammillaria-camptotricha-jan-07-pic3.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Fledgling flowers peer out of the nest.](/images/library-m-mammillaria-camptotricha-3.mammillaria-camptotricha-jan-07-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Birdsnest Cactus. Tangle-topped bodies form mounded clusters in time. Sweetly scented small white flowers in mid-summer. Probably best lept in a pot in medium light.
4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain.
"Code": "4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain."
![Nice plants in 12.5 cm pots.](/images/library-m-mammillaria-candida-1.mammillaria-candida-pic3.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Eventually offsetting commences.](/images/library-m-mammillaria-candida-2.mammillaria-candida-13022008..jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Beautiful white clumping species from Mexico. Produces many small whitish flowers in rings around the top. Indoors only in brightest light. Keep fairly dry in winter.
5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK.
"Code": "5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK."
![Forms short columns then clusters prolifically.](/images/library-m-mammillaria-carmenae-1.mammillaria-carmenae-5092008-b.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Spines are variable in colour in these ones.](/images/library-m-mammillaria-carmenae-2.mammillaria-carmenae-rubrispina-oct-06.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Standard cream colour.](/images/library-m-mammillaria-carmenae-3.mammillaria-carmenae-rubrispina-pic3.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![This one has a rustier tone.](/images/library-m-mammillaria-carmenae-4.mammillaria-carmenae-10092009..jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![A species very generous with its flowers.](/images/library-m-mammillaria-carmenae-5.mammillaria-carmenae-oct-06-pic5.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Clustering bodies densely covered in friendly cream squeezable spination. Best indoors in very bright light to encourage tight compact growth. Small white flowers in early spring. Water sparingly, keep dry in winter.
4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain.
"Code": "4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain."
![This pic to show its relative intelligence. As you can see, far smarter than a matchbox.](/images/library-m-mammillaria-elongata-cristate-1.mammillaria-elongata-cristate-ws-132-side.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Sits, reflecting, in a bowl.](/images/library-m-mammillaria-elongata-cristate-2.mammillaria-elongata-cristate-ws-132-top.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
Mound-forming, brain-shaped, and highly intelligent form of a relatively common cactus not known for its intellect. Keep indoors in bright light, and avoid overhead watering in winter, as trapped water can cause rots.
5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK.
"Code": "5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK."
![Moundforming. Note the tiny spined body appearing...](/images/library-m-mammillaria-fred-1.mammillaria-fred-pic3.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![.....which later grew into this: a fullblown reversion to Mammillaria albicoma!](/images/library-m-mammillaria-fred-2.mammillaria-fred-with-reversion-11009-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
!["Freds Pimple', unfortunately it did not survive grafting.](/images/library-m-mammillaria-fred-3.mammillaria-freds-pimple-13052008-d.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Massive rootstock can be raised for a more classy presentation.](/images/library-m-mammillaria-fred-4.mammillaria-fred-9910-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
Seriously bizarre mutant form of Mammillaria bocasana. Pudgy, soft green blobs like silly putty, occasional bristly spines and white flowers with nothing but petals. Easy indoor plant in bright light.
5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK.
"Code": "5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK."
![Flowers which seem to appear more than once per year.](/images/library-m-mammillaria-hahniana-1.mammillaria-hahniana-oct-06-pic4.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Old cluster.](/images/library-m-mammillaria-hahniana-2.mammillaria-hahniana-oct-06-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Very large solitary example.](/images/library-m-mammillaria-hahniana-3.mammillaria-hahniana-14510-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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A classic globular cactus from Mexico, long known and grown for its mounds of balls covered in white hair from which appear rings of purple flowers in late winter. Bright light for great hair.
4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain.
"Code": "4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain."
![Longer and very white hair is what distinguishes this form.](/images/library-m-mammillaria-hahniana-superba-1.mammillaria-hahniana-superba-121109-d.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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A beautifully white long-haired form of this classic globular cactus from Mexico, long known and grown for its mounds of balls covered in white hair from which appear rings of purple flowers in late winter. Bright light for great hair.
4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain.
"Code": "4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain."
![Tim killed all our best ones before we got a photo, but here on a young one the tusky spines are just starting.](/images/library-m-mammillaria-magnimamma-sb-40-1.mammillaria-magnimamma.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
Exceptional form with thick, curving, white spines. Clump-forming cactus from Mexico. Numerous small whitish flowers spring to summer. Good pot specimen for bright indoor spot.
4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain.
"Code": "4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain."
![Classic!](/images/library-m-mammillaria-microhelia-1.mammillaria-microhelia-16610.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![The two possible flower colours side-by-side.](/images/library-m-mammillaria-microhelia-2.mammillaria-microhelia-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Closeup of spination.](/images/library-m-mammillaria-microhelia-3.mammillaria-microhelia-pink-fl-aug-04.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Colourful even in cross-section.](/images/library-m-mammillaria-microhelia-4.mammillaria-microhelia-internal-colour.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Flowering from every emplacement.](/images/library-m-mammillaria-microhelia-5.mammillaria-microhelia-5092009.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Two flower colours on the one plant!](/images/library-m-mammillaria-microhelia-6.mammillaria-microhelia-with-2-colours.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Clustering cactus from Mexico with upright stems to around 15cm high. Flowers in winter/spring are coloured pink (‘microheliopsis’ form) or yellow-green. Easy to grow, best in sunny position indoors.
5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK.
"Code": "5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK."
![Amazing spines.](/images/library-m-mammillaria-pectinifera-1.mammillaria-pectinifera-51109.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![3 plants, each with a different colour of flowers.](/images/library-m-mammillaria-pectinifera-2.mammillaria-pectinifera-3-colours.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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syn. Solisia pectinata. CITES 1 species known only from 2 tiny populations totalling 158 plants in 1987, at 1900m asl in Mexico. Solitary small bodies, white to pink flowers, intricate pectinate spination. Slowgrowing rarity.
5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK.
"Code": "5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK."
![Mammillaria perezdelarosae 19-06-2008](/images/library-m-mammillaria-perezdelarosae-1.mammillaria-perezdelarosae-19062008.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Flowers.](/images/library-m-mammillaria-perezdelarosae-2.mammillaria-perezdelarosae-2092008.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Crested roots, best displayed by showing the plant like this.](/images/library-m-mammillaria-perezdelarosae-3.mammillaria-perezdelarosae-crested-roots-pic3.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Gorgeous newer Mexican cactus with hooked black central spines standing out from the white radials on a body to 15cm ht., later offsetting basally. Indoors only, in bright light.
5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK.
"Code": "5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK."
![Large bodies, and large clusters in time.](/images/library-m-mammillaria-pettersonnii-lau-1063-1.mammillaria-pettersonnii-lau-1063-ws-146-front.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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An especially large-bodied Mamm with dense ginger spination and (eventually) large offsets forming a large mound. The initial central body can reach 20cms diameter! Indoors only in NZ.
5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK.
"Code": "5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK."
![Mammillaria plumosa pic5](/images/library-m-mammillaria-plumosa-1.mammillaria-plumosa-pic5.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Flowers in June (mid-winter, unusual in that respect)](/images/library-m-mammillaria-plumosa-2.mammillaria-plumosa-jun-05.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Closeup of totally friendly lovable spines.](/images/library-m-mammillaria-plumosa-3.mammillaria-plumosa-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Choice Mexican cactus with soft feathery white spines. Highly scented white flowers in winter. Will slowly fill a huge bowl with a mound-like cluster. Indoors only, in brightest light. Water infrequently.
5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK.
"Code": "5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK."
![Old plant putting on a great show.](/images/library-m-mammillaria-rekoi-leptacantha-1.mammillaria-rekoi-leptacantha-41009.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Close-up showing spines are hooked but not viciously so.](/images/library-m-mammillaria-rekoi-leptacantha-2.mammillaria-rekoi-leptacantha-27910.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Short-columnar Mexican cactus to 20cm high. Small pink flowers around top of plant (sometimes forming a ring), spring to summer. Best kept in very bright light indoors away from curtains (spines get tangled). Easy.
5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK.
"Code": "5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK."
![Some direct sun is needed for best colours in leaves.](/images/library-m-manfreda-variegata-1.manfreda-variegata-pic3.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![These flowers are atop 1.5 m peduncles.](/images/library-m-manfreda-variegata-2.manfreda-variegata-flowers.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Beautiful soft leaved speckled rosettes to 80cm across. Scented brown flowers on 2m long stalks in late spring. Dies back to tuberous rootstock in winter. Good rock garden plant. From Texas & Mexico.
2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow.
"Code": "2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow."
![A young cutting before branching.](/images/library-m-marniera-chrysocardium-1.marniera-chrysocardium-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Huge flower bud emerging.](/images/library-m-marniera-chrysocardium-2.marniera-chrysocardium-20062006-b.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Hopefully this wonderful book (Hunt,Taylor, Charles et al) will inspire these plants to perform like the cover photo shows!](/images/library-m-marniera-chrysocardium-3.marniera-chrysocardium-29410-smelling-time.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Uncommon Mexican epiphytic cactus with large fern-like stems to several meters long. Best grown in shade and kept fairly well watered. OK outdoors if sheltered. Huge fragrant white nocturnal flowers.
4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain.
"Code": "4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain."
![Foliage. Full fleshy leaf in June, wants winter water, will wither without!](/images/library-m-massonia-depressa-1.massonia-depressa-13510.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Tumbleweed type seed capsules.](/images/library-m-massonia-depressa-2.massonia-depressa-tumbleweed-71110.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Two leaves apppear in autumn from a buried bulb. By mid-winter a scented white shavingbrush flower sits between them. Leaves die down in spring. Bright light for good leaves, OK outdoors in mild areas.
3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas.
"Code": "3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas."
![Flower with red-brown anthers.](/images/library-m-massonia-echinata-1.massonia-echinata-14410.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Note the hairs.](/images/library-m-massonia-echinata-2.massonia-echinata-13510.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Two pustulate & hairy green leaves appear in autumn from a buried bulb, soon followed by flowers with dark reddish anthers. Leaves die down in spring. Bright light is best, OK outdoors in mild areas, but keep dryish in summer.
3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas.
"Code": "3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas."
![Initially the new leaf has a burgundy tone.](/images/library-m-massonia-pustulata-1.massonia-pustulata-14410-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Anthers are bright yellow.](/images/library-m-massonia-pustulata-2.massonia-pustulata-25052009-d.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Comparison pic: M.pustulata on left, M.echinata on the right, which develops earlier.](/images/library-m-massonia-pustulata-3.massonia-pustulata-with-echinata-14410-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Full grown leaves here have lost the burgundy colouration.](/images/library-m-massonia-pustulata-4.massonia-pustulata-25052009-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Two pustulate burgundy-toned leaves appear in autumn from a buried bulb, soon followed by flowers with yellow anthers. Leaves die down in spring. Bright light for good leaves, OK outdoors in mild areas, but keep dryish in summer.
3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas.
"Code": "3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas."
![Vine grows in summer, dormant (leafless) in winter.](/images/library-m-matelea-cyclophylla-1.matelea-cyclophylla-17012008.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Caudex has a thick, white, and very corky surface.](/images/library-m-matelea-cyclophylla-2.matelea-cyclophylla-caudex-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Flower is stapeliad-like.](/images/library-m-matelea-cyclophylla-3.matelea-cyclophylla-fl-jan04-2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![....followed by the long, hanging seedpod, not in pairs.](/images/library-m-matelea-cyclophylla-4.matelea-cyclophylla-8510.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Contents of one seedpod.](/images/library-m-matelea-cyclophylla-5.matelea-cyclophylla-seedpod-291210.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
Rare and unusual Mexican caudiciform plant. Soft corky swollen base to 15cm across with vining growth and brown star shaped flowers. Dormant and leafless during colder months when it should be kept totally dry. Indoors only.
5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK.
"Code": "5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK."
![Bicoloured subpectinate spines and glossy deep green bodies.](/images/library-m-matucana-aureiflora-1.matucana-aureiflora--21092009-b.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Older plant.](/images/library-m-matucana-aureiflora-2.matucana-aureiflora-9092008-b.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![This form was large but not so glossy, so not grown by us any longer.](/images/library-m-matucana-aureiflora-3.matucana-aureiflora.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Peruvian, solitary body to 13 cm diameter. Bright yellow flowers in summer, but the glossy deep green bodies with almost pectinate clusters of bicoloured spines are as much of an attraction. Medium light, away from winter's wetness.
4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain.
"Code": "4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain."
![Unusual two-headed example just starting to cephaliate.](/images/library-m-melocactus-matanzanus-1.melocactus-matanzanus-9052008..jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
From the April sun in Cuba, the world's smallest Melo reaches maturity at about 12cm diam. When mature a woolly dome is produced on the top of the plant from which small bright pink flowers arise. Easy indoors in bright light.
4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain.
"Code": "4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain."
![Melocactus rubrispinus in 10cm pots.](/images/library-m-melocactus-rubrispinus-fr-1330-1.melocactus-rubrispinus-fr-1330.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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10 cm long red spines make this one of the more formidable Melocacti. Plant body gets to about 12cm by 20cm high. Keep evenly watered (not too wet nor too dry) in a warm sunny area indoors. Flowers pink.
5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK.
"Code": "5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK."
![27 yo plant.](/images/library-m-mestoklema-arboriforme-1.mestoklema-arboriforme-12511-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Orange flowers, regularly produced. These were in May (early winter).](/images/library-m-mestoklema-arboriforme-2.mestoklema-arboriforme-20512-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Again.](/images/library-m-mestoklema-arboriforme-3.mestoklema-arboriforme-6112.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![three 27 yo plants.](/images/library-m-mestoklema-arboriforme-4.mestoklema-arboriforme-27yo-12511-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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A shrubby mesem grown for its bizarre roots and eventually thickened coppery trunk. Small rusty red flowers. Best outdoors, as a bonsai in a pot or in a ground bed where the eye can appreciate its wonderful base. Possibly hardy.
2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow.
"Code": "2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow."
![23 yo plant holding itself nicely.](/images/library-m-mestoklema-tuberosum-1.mestoklema-tuberosum-23yo-19812-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![19 yo plant.](/images/library-m-mestoklema-tuberosum-2.mestoklema-tuberosum-8102008-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![tiny pink flowers are not always produced.](/images/library-m-mestoklema-tuberosum-3.mestoklema-tuberosum-fl-nov-05.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Fly pollinator.](/images/library-m-mestoklema-tuberosum-4.mestoklema-tuberosum-pollinator-13310-a-2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Wasp pollinator.](/images/library-m-mestoklema-tuberosum-5.mestoklema-tuberosum-pollinator-13310-c.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Every one is different, but all have great character.](/images/library-m-mestoklema-tuberosum-6.mestoklema-tuberosum-8102008-b.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Even at a relatively small size they hold themselves well.](/images/library-m-mestoklema-tuberosum-7.mestoklema-tuberosum-19812-b.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
Shrubby mesem grown for its bizarre roots, thick trunk and treelike branching. Small pink flowers. Best outdoors, as a potted bonsai or raised in a rockery or bed so as to appreciate its wonderful base. If indoors needs bright light.
2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow.
"Code": "2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow."
![Typical caudex, leafless in winter.](/images/library-m-momordica-rostrata-1.momordica-rostrata-2092008.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Shows the vine, the unripe fruit, and the ripe fruit.](/images/library-m-momordica-rostrata-2.momordica-rostrata.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
Strange African caudiciform from the Cucumber Family. Large furrowed lump with vigorous summer-growing vine & yellow flowers and beautiful fruit if pollinated. Keep drier in winter, but will most likely remain in leaf.
4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain.
"Code": "4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain."
![Suits a bonsai pot, raise roots progressively, this one has just started.](/images/library-m-monadenium-guentheri-1.monadenium-guentheri.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Flowers at tip of stem.](/images/library-m-monadenium-guentheri-2.monadenium-guentheri-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Excellent bonsai subject, this Kenyan native has thick gnarly roots which, like piglets, can be profitably raised. Stems 15-20cm long with small greenish pink flowers at the tip. Indoors only in bright light.
4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain.
"Code": "4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain."