Lithops divergens

A small living stone from the winter-rainfall Knersvlakte and southern Namaqualand of the Western and Northern Cape, where rain is under 150 mm a year. Unusually for Lithops it lives with winter rain, so grow it very bright and dry, water sparingly from autumn to spring and keep it bone dry in summer heat.

At home, aim for

Day Cool-growingTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Dry airBand in Plantistry

Light Full sunDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

Expects a seasonal restGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

Sunk into quartz gravel and stony flats in arid succulent Karoo, with only the leaf tips exposed; plants get full sun but are partly self-shaded by the soil and stones.

Few elevations recorded; the sites lie between about 150 and 740 m.

South AfricaWestern CapeNorthern Cape

🔒 Growing it like that

The wild conditions above, turned into targets for a shelf, a tent or a greenhouse. The full profile has:

✓ Day and night temperature targets, and the limits it tolerates

✓ Humidity band, and how to hold it

✓ Light as DLI and PPFD for a grow light

✓ Wet and dry seasons, and whether to rest it

✓ Substrate and airflow

✓ A step-by-step setup to grow it like the wild

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Profiles are drafts built from measured range and climate and from published sources; each section carries its own confidence in the app.