Saturday, 4 July 2015

That and This


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That is the first of my Living Stones (Lithops) to flower ....

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... and this is a Speckled Wood butterfly which spent a while landing on various plants around the garden. It didn't land on any flowers so maybe it was seeking places to lay eggs...

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6 comments:

  1. Wilma4 July 2015 at 13:50

    Congrats on the Lithops flower! Does the plant it is on die back or continue to grow and flower again?

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    1. Midmarsh John4 July 2015 at 15:33

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    2. Midmarsh John4 July 2015 at 15:37

      Correction for typo!
      Wilma: Late Winter through Spring the two fleshy halves will wither away but a plant grows from the centre. The hard bit is remembering they must not be watered during this stage in their growth

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  2. TexWisGirl4 July 2015 at 14:21

    living stones? never heard of them, but so cool!

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    1. Midmarsh John4 July 2015 at 15:34

      TWG: Sometimes known as living pebbles as they look like pebbles or small stones and blend in to their natural surroundings.

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  3. ADRIAN5 July 2015 at 05:41

    This is a grand plant. I like the novelty value and the flower is a bonus.

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Thank you for visiting. Hope you enjoyed the pictures. Any comment, or correction to any information or identification I get wrong, is most welcome. John

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