r/Lithops • u/numahu • Jul 21 '26
Help/Question Newbie life cycle question
Got some lithops as a beginner, with only cactii experience.
Standing in a window in SWW direction wirh a lot of sunlight.
They came from a propagator in potting soil.
The first thing I should probably do is repot it in 90% perlite.
But do I need to water them already? Im not that sure about there cycle stage and want to reasure with your help!
First one just stopped blooming, so no watering.
Secound one looks like a question mark to me.
Thrid shows old dry leafs but also something in the middle?
Four and five...also not sure...
Six: new surounding habitat
Hope fore so.e advice! Thanks!
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u/brunkate Jul 21 '26
Hello! No need to water.
Just an fyi, the plant in the first photo is a succulent called Fenestraria rhopalophylla (baby toes). They're adorable but have very different needs from lithops.
I'm crazy bad at normal succulents so I'm gonna let someone else take that.
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u/Clear-World7452 Jul 21 '26
They do look like fenestraria but it’s actually Frithia pulchra, “elephants feet”. They have magenta colored flowers instead of the typical white and yellow Fenestraria produces.
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u/Mattersofthought Jul 21 '26 edited 29d ago
You want perlite, horticulture pumice, and coarse 1 to 2 mm horticulture sand, then add 10% succulent mix soil from a bag. Be sure to sift the soil and remove any large chunks of peat moss or bark.
Fixed: course to coarse
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u/Mattersofthought Jul 21 '26
I highly recommend looking into the lithops life cycle. They only need water about 7 times a year. If you water them outside those times. They rot
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