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Lithops Up Close

February 3, 2015

Have you ever gotten an up close look at a Lithops? Those patterns are more than aesthetically pleasing, they act as windows allowing sunlight down into the leaf to increase photosynthesis. This way most of the plant can stay buried under the sand.

In Succulents Tags succulents, Evolution, Lithops, stone plant
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