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Lithops hookeri

A living stone of the Northern Cape's summer-rainfall interior, between Kimberley and Prieska. It grows in summer, wants full sun, hot days and cold, dry winters, and is killed far more often by water at the wrong time than by drought.

Lithops hookeri
Photo: Kelvinsong, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
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

Generalised from the genus and the records: flat gravel and stony ground in arid grassland and karroid scrub, sunk to the leaf tips in the soil.

Sites at about 1,050–1,410 m on the interior plateau.

Northern 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. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, used under its CC0 licence, unmodified.