Tips and Secrets for Growing Lithops

Update: If you want to identify your lithops, I added My Complete Lithops Identification Guide. Hope it’s helpful!

Lithops are magical plants. They are of many colors and patterns. They are both resilient and fragile at the same time. They propagate “like mammals” in my son’s words. Their butt-like look is “not work-safe” in my colleague’s words. The best care you can provide is to let them alone. All these weirdnesses make me fall in love with Lithops.

Some of the Lithops from over 200 Lithops collection

People have been telling me that -

• The lithops quickly died after receiving their orders.
• They have no confidence to keep Lithops alive.
• The Lithops seem not growing.

I would like to use the post to address all the problems and share all my secrets in growing lithops successfully as house plants.

Sunshine

Lithops are native to Southern Africa, where they are accustomed to intense sun. To grow Lithops indoor, place them near a south-facing window where it receives bright, direct sunlight for 4–5 hours each day. They need sunlight to grow. Insufficient or indirect sunlight can cause elongated leaves and lost patterns.