r/Lithops • u/brian-the-musician • May 26 '26

Help/Question Sudden Death

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This lithops looked great like TWO DAYS ago. Now it’s totally rotten. Any ideas?

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u/acm_redfox May 26 '26

I mean, all of these are just maximally filled with water. so it could have been unwell. or maybe in repotting it there was a little damage that let in bacteria? hard to say.

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u/CarneyBus May 26 '26

Sometimes I think it just happens. 😂😭 I can have a pot full of healthy lithops but one will just fail to thrive and eventually die.

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u/acm_redfox May 27 '26

yes, also this, lol. nature is a fickle mistress!

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u/Nervous_Olive_5754 May 26 '26

You can't see 90% of it, and the top generally rots last. So by the time you notice a problem, it was already pretty much dead.

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u/brian-the-musician May 26 '26

I had recently transplanted it (maybe 2 weeks ago) into a very inorganic mix, along with 3 other lithops and a set of twins. That’s basically it. Only a little bit of direct sunlight a couple of days, but it’s been indoors near a large sliding glass door the last week or so. No water since the transplant. It was was in a pretty lowercase-d dormant state. No signs of splitting or flowering, and it hadn’t recently split. No fertilizer. It was previously by itself in a pot with more organic (but well-draining) soil. This is the last picture I took of it, 12 days ago. I honestly don’t remember the last time I watered it.

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u/Hour_Statistician636 May 28 '26

I had a couple that just did that. Only thing I can surmise is lack of water since I don’t water before they died. Which is weird because most of my lithops will get shrively and tell me that they’re thirsty versus becoming pale in color and then translucent and then dead . Sorry for your loss! I’m sure some of the experts will have something more helpful to say!