Three members and two associate members of the Lithops Research & Conservation Foundation visited one of the Lithops gracilidelineata subsp. brandbergensis colonies on the Brandberg Heritage site on 29th April 2019 together with the local guide Alphons. The aim of the visit was to determine the size and health of the colony of this unique Brandberg endemic plant. This subspecies was first discovered on the Brandberg in June 1955 when Jalmar Rudner collected two specimens on t

During April 2019 one of the farmers south of Windhoek informed the LR&CF that a newly discovered colony of Lithops pseudotruncatella on a neighbouring farm was flowering and that they counted more than 300 flowers in the afternoon a few days before. Due to other research commitments we were not able to travel the 600 km from our base in south Namibia to see this flower show but in early May we visited the colony high on a hill in an isolated part of the farm. The plants were

During April 2019 one of the farmers south of Windhoek informed the LR&CF that a newly discovered colony of Lithops pseudotruncatella on a neighbouring farm was flowering and that they counted more than 300 flowers in the afternoon a few days before. Due to other research commitments we were not able to travel the 600 km from our base in south Namibia to see this flower show but in early May we visited the colony high on a hill in an isolated part of the farm. The plants were