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Where's the plants board?
>> SealMan
Look around, partner, you're in it.
>> Anonymous
havent seen enough plants here lately
>> Anonymous
plants generally aren't all that exciting...unless you're talking about the kind of plants they have on /d/...
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There's plenty of interesting and exciting plants
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Search 'Lithops' for weirdness
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>>78532
Fucking awesome things. I want one.

WHAT ARE LITHOPS ?
Lithops are plants....
This may seem a rather obvious statement but the most often asked question when people first
encounter these little wonders of nature is "What are they"?
Commonly known as "Living Stones" they seem capable of fooling humans as well as animals.
They could also be called "Finger Magnets", especially for children who seem to have an
irresistable urge to touch them!
Plants they are, though, and one of nature's more charming creations.
They belong to the plant family Mesembryanthemaceae (Aizoaceae).
WHERE DO THEY COME FROM ?
Lithops originate from South Africa and Namibia where they have become highly adapted to
conditions of extreme heat and drought.
WHY DO THEY LOOK LIKE STONES ?
Although it is hard to imagine, the body of a lithops is in fact a pair of leaves that have evolved
to efficiently retain whatever moisture becomes available to the plant. In some areas of their
habitat rainfall may not occur for many months so conservation of water is of prime importance.
To minimise any evapouration the leaves have become so truncated that they have lost the
appearance of a normal leaf and have become rounded like a pebble.
This has helped to make them less obvious to foraging animals so the plants that best mimic the
colour and appearance of the soil and stones of their surroundings stand the best chance of
survival. This in turn has led to the evolution of different species and varieties.
DO THEY HAVE FLOWERS ?
The majority of lithops produce their flowers during autumn and early winter. They are daisy-like
and yellow or white depending on variety. They first open during the afternoons of sunnier days.
CAN I GROW THEM ?
If you can give them sufficient light, good ventilation and resist the temptation to
keep watering them there are few problems.

Copypasta from http://www.lithop.supanet.com/
>> Anonymous
>>78557

I has some. The article mentions the urge of wanting to touch them all the time, and that's true. They feel like aloe leaves in that they're thick and full of moisture but dry and smooth on the surface.

Also, the things "molt". They don't simply grow up out of the ground, they get thicker and shed the old layer like a snake would. Pretty weird looking, but cool.
>> Anonymous
Does anyone know what those little mushroom things that puff out green spores when you squeeze them are? They're round and kind of grow in clumps.
>> Anonymous
>>78624
Puffballs?
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Havent even gotten to the coolest part yet, the carnivorous plants.
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>>78646
I had one of those in my homes once. I killed it by feeding it dead mosquito's I whacked. I was younger then.
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>> Anonymous
>>78646

God, its like its growing mini vaginas!
>> Anonymous
>>78971
God, its like you've never seen a vagina!
>> Anonymous
>>78971
Just because you can fuck it doesn't mean it's a vagina.
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>> Anonymous
>>79052
Puffball Lycoperdon pyriforme
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Lotusboob syndrome may have now evolved!
>> Anonymous
>>78042
plant board? lol 2chan is that way <=== .. Or at least that's the direction of korea in relation to me from the way my moniter is situated. Really it means nothing to you.
>> Anonymous
>>79080

Plants are under Nature and should be fine here
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sweet lady salvia
>> Anonymous
>>79080
One way or another, you'll get to Korea, it will just be a lot longer if you go the other way...
>> Anonymous
420chan...
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4chan's favorite plant, lulz