The Lithops Research & Conservation Foundation visited several of the Lithops colonies in northern Namibia in May 2019. The main aim was to visit the Lithops ruschiorum var. lineata colony but on the way to Purros, the last settlement before getting to the var. lineata colony, we passed another unique colony of the north, the Lithops gracilidelineata colony south of Fransfontein. These plants grow in an area of quartzite among large trees and the characteristic Pachypodium le

After two years of not being able to visit the Lithops werneri colony in the Erongo Mountains due to the farm being closed to visitors, the members of the LR&CF visited the colony again in May 2019 to assess the health of the two colonies known to exist. The farm had some good rain two weeks before our visit and thus the plants were in excellent condition in both the colonies. Many of the hollow areas in the rock domes still held water from the earlier rain. There was no sign

On 10th May 2019 three members of the Lithops Research & Conservation Foundation visited the Lithops pseudotruncatella subsp. pseudotruncatella var. riehmerae colony on the farm Rietfontein with the aim of collecting information on the size, composition and health of the colony. The strategy followed was to search for all plants in the colony and mark these by placing coloured disks temporarily close to the plants found and in addition mark all other succulent plants that gro

On 3rd May 2019 the members of the Lithops Research & Conservation Foundation visited the Lithops pseudotruncatella subsp. pseudotruncatella var. elisabethiae colony with the aim of assessing the size and health of the population in this unique habitat. This colony was first discovered on the farm presumably in the early 1930’s and plants were first collected in 1932 by Mrs Elisabeth Schneider. The plants were described as a new taxon in 1933 by Professor Dinter after he visi