Oops, my hand slipped

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iann
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Oops, my hand slipped

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Autumn exuberance and the last watering of the year was too much for this Lithops.
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I see the plant's labeled aucampiae, but doesn't it look a lot like lesliei ssp burchellii? I can't quite count the locules, but I assume there are six in total, which would indicate aucampiae. Just when I thought I had somewhat of a handle on telling lesliei and aucampiae apart...
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There are definitely strong similarities between certain L. lesliei subspecies and certain L. aucampiae subspecies. L. lesliei ssp burchellii doesn't generally have this much open window though. The locule number isn't reliable for a single plant although it is a helpful indication. One thing you can't see easily in photos is that L. aucampiae is a much beefier plant.

To tell these two species apart in photos I generally look for: window colour, brown/reddish for L. aucampiae and a shinier black/greenish for L. lesliei; orange shading at the ends of the channels for L. aucampiae; channels tapering more strongly from wide to narrow for L. aucampiae; small round mini-windows much more common and uniformly distributed in L. lesliei; and a generally more delicate appearance for L. lesliei. In real life it is usually much more obvious which is which, especially side by side, although subspecies and varieties can be tricky.
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If you are going to get a split at least it happened in the best place it could! Once that heals over you'll barely notice it.
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I'll take another picture tomorrow. It has split much wider, all the way to the base. Of course six months those leaves will be gone and the plant will be pristine again.
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Snap! I didn't notice till I turned the pot round.
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iann wrote:I'll take another picture tomorrow. It has split much wider, all the way to the base. Of course six months those leaves will be gone and the plant will be pristine again.
Yeah, that is definitely something in Lithops favor. Last year I had some cacti and Lithops get left out in full sun on a very hot day (long story, but normally they are under shade cloth) and there was a lot of sunburn. The cacti are forever going to show my mistake but the Lithops (except the few that melted) looked terrible for the rest of the year then replaced their leaves last spring and look as good as new.
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That's one fat flower stalk
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Haha yes it kinda looks that way lol
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