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Regardless, the chunky blue leaves with their velvety texture make this one of the more attractive members of the group, even in its juvenile state.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rare Plant Catalog","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50635100881176,"sku":null,"price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0912\/1175\/9896\/files\/Antimima_Valida_J._Trager_97-52_9fa71c23-0247-4cb6-a5a2-c695f8425785.png?v=1759969670"},{"product_id":"cheridopsis-peculiaris","title":"Cheridopsis peculiaris","description":"\u003cp\u003eCheiridopsis peculiaris lives up to its name with a growth form that looks a little mismatched even for a mesemb. Pairs of thick, triangular leaves emerge opposite each other, spreading wide and merging into a form that can resemble something like a photosynthetic satellite. The epidermis is a bluish-green with a glaucous coating, giving it a matte surface that still catches the light when thousands of tiny oxalate crystals glimmer on the surface. In late winter to spring, prominent flowers emerge as the plant approaches dormancy and covers the next closed pair of leaves with a papery sheath. With successful pollination, the large, perfectly button-shaped seed capsule forms and hardens into a woody shell until the next rain triggers it to open, releasing the dust-like seed into the quartz sand of South Africa's botanically rich, winter-rainfall Namaqualand region. Found near Steinkopf along the border with the hotter, drier Richtersveld region, this species is a little more forgiving to harsh conditions than many winter mesembs.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rare Plant Catalog","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50635101700376,"sku":null,"price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0912\/1175\/9896\/files\/cheridopsispeculiaris_9bf9374d-1552-4c60-b000-5ffe2afd9364.png?v=1759972127"},{"product_id":"dinteranthus-poleevansii","title":"Dinteranthus pole-evansii","description":"\u003cp\u003eDinteranthus pole-evansii is one of the more instantly recognizable mesembs, with a dimpled white body that looks uncannily like a half-buried golf ball. Its range is confined to a narrow strip between Upington and Prieska in the Northern Cape, where no more than a thousand individuals are thought to remain. Like the rest of Dinteranthus, it shares a resemblance to Lithops so strong it fools most beginner growers. The genus differs in its smaller seed, a trait that makes propagation more difficult. We find established plants slightly more forgiving in cultivation than Lithops, especially when watering during their cyclical “splitting” period when new growth emerges from between the old leaves. In habitat it survives on almost no rainfall, defying its cryptic nature only briefly to flower.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rare Plant Catalog","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50635103174936,"sku":null,"price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0912\/1175\/9896\/files\/dinteranthuspoleevansii_875ed720-3402-44b0-870d-dfaee4617a1a.png?v=1759976895"},{"product_id":"dinteranthus-vanzylii","title":"Dinteranthus vanzylii","description":"\u003cp\u003eDinteranthus vanzylii grows on the quartz plains south of Pofadder in Bushmanland, Northern Cape, where its striking white bodies make plants indistinguishable from the surrounding quartz pebbles. This mostly summer-rainfall habitat lies near the edge of winter-rainfall Namaqualand but receives little rain in any season. At first glance it is often mistaken for a particularly pale Lithops, yet the smaller seed of Dinteranthus sets the genus apart and makes propagation more difficult. Despite that, we find established plants slightly easier to grow than Lithops, particularly during its cyclical “splitting” period when the old leaf pair parts to reveal a new head, sometimes two, that will take over the year’s growth. This uncanny renewal is a finely tuned adaptation to one of the strangest habitats on earth, where the plant remains hidden for most of the year and shows itself only briefly with a single bright yellow bloom, often larger than the head it came from.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rare Plant Catalog","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50635103240472,"sku":null,"price":13.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0912\/1175\/9896\/files\/dinteranthusvanzylii_b356876d-29c3-4d42-8a03-e6d8d7918338.png?v=1759976906"},{"product_id":"lithops-dorothae","title":"Lithops dorotheae","description":"\u003cp\u003eLithops dorotheae is one of the “living stones,” a name as literal as it sounds. In its Namaqualand home it hides so well among quartz pebbles you could walk right over it and never know. The two leaves press together at the sides, marked with red and brown lightning-bolt patterns that look almost drawn on, each plant its own slight variation. In autumn, a large yellow flower pushes from the seam, splitting the leaves, which continue to part until a fresh pair emerges. The whole affair is slightly grotesque and wants no water at all, a point that baffles many beginners who accidentally ruin plants by irrigating too often. These are seed-grown, already showing the color and character that set them apart from the fertilizer-swollen Lithops that flood the market.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rare Plant Catalog","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50635107860760,"sku":null,"price":6.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0912\/1175\/9896\/files\/lithopsdorothae_b541b644-c299-4a9d-992c-50b68385563c.png?v=1759978175"},{"product_id":"mestoklema-arboriforme","title":"Mestoklema arboriforme","description":"\u003cp\u003eOne of the few caudex-forming members of Aizoaceae, this species is a popular option for collectors that want an ethically produced caudex specimen every bit as impressive and rugged as a wild plant. As the name implies, M. arboriforme gets a thick, tree-like trunk with cool exfoliating bark. Showy orange flowers appear throughout the spring and summer. From the arid Northern Cape and into Namibia, this species occurs in a region that supposedly receives rain in the summer and winter, but actually gets barely any at all. In the wild its mostly a shrub with little to no caudex exposed.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rare Plant Catalog","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50635108122904,"sku":null,"price":48.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0912\/1175\/9896\/files\/Mestoklema_tuberosum_1d59e0b6-1b54-4c62-8696-235b651db3bd.png?v=1759978208"},{"product_id":"odontophorus-marlothii","title":"Odontophorus marlothii","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis toothy mesemb is from the species rich region around the town of Springbok in South Africa’s Namaqualand. Just one of four species in its genus, O. marlothii produces soft succulent heads on trailing woody branches. 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In cultivation it is nearly impossible to keep it this compact, but we value its fast-growing shrubby habit as both a strong landscape addition and a sculptural potted plant with a slim silhouette. We offer cuttings propagated from material ex-Huntington Botanic Gardens, collected by Matt Opel and our friend Steven Hammer in 1997 near Springbok in Namaqualand, South Africa. This region of the Northern Cape is strictly winter rainfall, but Springbok lies near the border with Namibia, where conditions become drier with more summer rain. 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Still, we find them to be charming and underappreciated candidates for landscaping, with certain species deserving a place alongside the more familiar mesembs in cultivation. This species, as its epithet suggests, is one of the largest in the genus. The chunky succulent leaves rise from surprisingly thin woody branches, and the red-stressed margins make it far more eye-catching than your typical “ice plant.” Hardy and resilient, they can take both frosts and full sun. 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Most of these species are impossibly small and characteristically covered in lumpy tubercles that create a rough surface in greenish-grey tones, blending perfectly into the coarse quartz sand they share with countless mesembs and bulbs. Titanopsis hugo-schlechteri is found in a narrow range from the Northern Cape into southern Namibia, a transitional zone where elements of both the summer and winter rainfall floras overlap, but only plants capable of withstanding the most severe aridity persist. The texture is so distinctive that the epithet or varietal names of bumpy species in unrelated genera often reference Titanopsis. 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The flowers are large and bright pink, and bloom throughout the entire summer, making this both a rewarding and crowd-pleasing species. From the Port Elizabeth area in the Western and Southern Capes of South Africa. 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They are often floriferous, with bright yellow flowers that make these upright plants stand out even in a crowded Cono collection. Although some common forms of C. bilobum are widespread in cultivation, it is still possible to build an entire collection from the variations in shape, color, and other small details. A trained eye can pick out the differences between species, but even a single locality of one subspecies can hold a surprising range of expression. This group also handles water with more forgiveness and has a shorter dormancy period than the slower dumpling types. \u003cbr\u003e\nConophytum bilobum v. christiansenianum is one of the more robust forms and also one of the more eye-catching thanks to the distinct red keel that tops each leaf. 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In habitat, latum occupies the middle zone of the maughanii complex, especially around Umdaus and the surrounding quartz flats. The Jakkalswater plants are noticeably less pigmented and have a more muted, even look. Like the rest of the group, they stay buried for much of the year and only surface with the first autumn rains. SB1495 was collected by Brack and Hammer in 1986 and noted by Hammer as a “strange tiny form” with very little red compared to most latum. The subspecies differs from typical maughanii by being broader at the base and more truncate at the summit, often with a subtly flattened top that becomes more pronounced with age. 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It is probably one of the slower-growing members in this genus of shapely plants, making it an appealing option to collectors of lesser-common Conophytum and other South African rarities. It's no surprise many mesemb growers deep in the weeds have a specific fondness for Mitrophyllum, especially those with an appreciation for amusing plants. 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In spite of the elongated foliage, the plant never appears leggy when given adequate light, thanks to the compact clusters of tightly packed leaf pairs and the powdery blue-white covering so distinctive of sun-loving succulents. The leaf pairs separate to let large yellow flowers take over the plant for a brief period, followed by a new leaf pair emerging from the center. This shorter-leaved form is propagated from a Steven Brack collection at Kosies in South Africa’s winter-growing Namaqualand region. 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These leaf pairs feature an astonishing array of Rorschach-like blotches and ornate striations in almost every color palette imaginable on a plant. In autumn, large flowers push from the center seam, splitting the plant open until a fresh leaf pair emerges and slowly consumes the old one over winter. The whole affair is slightly grotesque and requires no water at all during this process, a point that baffles many beginners who accidentally rot their plants by watering too often. Keep Lithops completely dry once the leaves begin to split, then resume watering after the old leaves have dried away in the spring.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLithops hookeri is another variable species that ranges from pale greyish green to dark reddish brown and produces yellow flowers. 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The plant is also commonly noted for its gluteal appearance, with a pair of slightly rounded surfaces split down the middle. These leaf pairs feature an astonishing array of Rorschach-like blotches and ornate striations in almost every color palette imaginable on a plant. In autumn, large flowers push from the center seam, splitting the plant open until a fresh leaf pair emerges and slowly consumes the old one over winter. The whole affair is slightly grotesque and requires no water at all during this process, a point that baffles many beginners who accidentally rot their plants by watering too often. 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