Wow! Thank you so much. The blank one definitely looks like a C244. I also thought the top center one was likely a divergens var. amethystina, but like you, the color threw me. I was so surprised by the feeling of it, too. All of my other lithops are pretty firm to the touch with strange textures sometime, but that little guy feels more soft, almost like human flesh. It is cool but strange. Is that typical of the type?

The place was stunning. In Seoul there are a couple of good places to get succulents and cacti, but not so much lithops and other mesemb. This place was way out of Seoul, but so worth it. It had three long greenhouses next to each other and the owner was super knowledgable and really friendly. She raises most of them herself, but gets a lot of the more unique varieties from Japan. I couldn't take a lot of pics but here is just one small section:

Heaven for mesemb lovers. ^^

Thanks for your help in identifying them!

I honestly know very little about lithops but your new plants look very happy in their new home. Do you really live in Korea? If so, there are so so SO many amazing hybrids and cultivars that are exclusive to Korea, and it would be wonderful to see more of them. If you are not growing other succulents, you totally should (and share them with us) :)

Happy Growing!

Really? How did I not know that? I've met some serious cultivars over the years, but they always seemed rather few and far between to me. Looks like I'm going to have to do some more research!! ^^ I do have other succulents, but Seoul living means apartment living, so the collection is pretty small. ㅠㅠ Every time I go to a succulent farm I have to hold myself back from getting everything in sight.

Not a problem! That is a really impressive collection of Lithops for sale. They look so perfectly placed in each pot. What is the soil/substrate that they are planted in? It also looks quite nice.

Never touched a Lithops divergens, so I couldn't tell you. Does it plump up much after being watered? I'm really curious (but don't water it on my account!). My Lithops are quite firm to touch as well.

Here in Canada, I usually see a very limited amount of Lithops species sold. Normally just the following:

• L. hallii
• L. hookeri
• L. aucampiae
• L. bromfieldii (sometimes)
• L. pseudotruncatella (once)
• L. fulviceps (once, great regret I did not get this one)

Maybe there's a few more species too? I don't think attempted identifying all the ones I've seen. Took me a while to warm up and get over the intimidation of growing these guys. =)

If you don't mind posting some more photos of your other Lithops or succulents that would be pretty cool! Nice to see people posting from different parts of the world. Can be in this thread or another. ^_^

The place is amazing. I'm thinking of going back over the Chuseok break just to look around and chat with the owner. I'm not sure about their soil mix. Didn't get a chance to ask when I went, but I'll be sure to ask next time I'm there!

The Lithops divergens doesn't actually. I was worried at first that it was sick, but the owner of the shop picked that one out for me specifically, so I'm assuming she didn't give me a dying plant. It is just naturally kind of squishy I guess. Very different from all the others!

They are pretty intimidating! I'm still getting used to them. I started out with much simpler succulents and cacti before I first found out about them. Here is a pic of some of my others. I post some more in the next couple of posts. ^^

These guys are still super tiny. The largest one is no bigger than my finger nail!

My first lithops to flower~ ^^

Here are a few of my other succulents/cacti. ^^

This fellow is much bigger now and started flowering those great nearly black flowers this summer! So cool!

• Pachypodium Saundersii
• Euphorbia obesa
• Dolicothele Sphaerica
• Gibbaeum heathii (a lovely mint colored fellow)
• Cereus tetragonus
• Parodia scopa
• Andromischus maculatus
• Escobaria missouriensis (not 100% sure on the idetification of this fellow)

All of them live on my window sill. Going to be insane if I move, but I love them. ^^

Wow, that first pot has at least 18 (different?) Lithops in it, incredible! Having so many small community pots like that looks so nice together, it's a whole Lithops theme. =)

Grats on having your Orbea ubomboesis flower! That is a very cool looking plant with the large spikes and colour pattern.

I also have a Fenestraria and Corpuscularia lehmannii, but they are just a fraction of the size of yours. Do you have a photo of your Adromischus maculatus as well? I've been looking for one for a while but haven't had much luck lately.

Might have to do some hunting at the beach too to find some nice rocks to add to my pots, heh.

Marissa, where in Seoul do you live, if you don't mind me asking? I lived in Seoul for a year while I was in the Army and my wife lived there for 3 years. I was stationed at K-16 in Seongnam but we had to go to Yongsan a lot since our base was so small. I travelled around Seoul a lot while I was there, Insadong was one of my favorite places. Where do you get succulents from around there? I didn't collect then but I don't really remember seeing any.

-Erica

Love the emoticon on the second pic LOL. Everything is so neatly kept, thanks for sharing the pics!

Marissa and Erica,

I lived in Korea for five years, back when tigers smoked pipes, and I speak/read/write Korean (not as well as I used to, of course) - thanks to the United States Navy for training me initially and then stationing me in a country where I could use the language (mainly Pyongtaek and Osan, as well as the DMZ). I wasn't into plants then, but I do have some FB Korean plant friends now, and from what I see at other places it's become quite the 선인장 천국.

ewwmayo: Thanks! I love all the little lithops babies. Once they all get bigger and need new homes I'm thinking of making a big lithops only pot that combines all or most of them. ^^ Here is a pic of my Adromischus maculatus. It is living with two lithops, which I now know is not really ideal, but newbie me didn't really knew that. Still they are surviving fairly well. When I bought the calico hearts, it was the only time I'd seen them in Korea, but later I saw a bunch of them at a flower/plant market here.

ehuns27 & cactusmcharris: Wow! I'm always surprised by how many people live or have lived in Korea, especially since I didn't know anyone who had before my own journey here. Now whenever I'm online, I meet lovely people such as yourselves. ^^ I'm up in north Seoul in Nowon area, though I was originally in Songpa, near Garak Market (가락시장). You can find succulents and cacti at most neighborhood plant shops these days, but of course Yangjae (양재꽃시장) Flower Market is a great place for all different types of plants. Up north, there is the much smaller but still lovely Jangam Flower Market (장암꽃단지), which has some proper succulent cultivars. ^^ Succulents are quite the trend now, so even some of my students have succulents at home!

ealdwood: The plants are often my kakaotalk profile pic, thus the emoticons. >.< And thank you~ ^^

That's great, Jeff. I wish I knew more of the language. I know enough to get a taxi and be polite. Is Pyongtaek where Camp Humphreys is? If so, that was where our hq was.

-Erica

hey Marissa, I'm in Vietnam, my friend have been learning in Seoul an i get him to buy some lithops, but he don't know where saling. would you please to talk to me somewhere sales one?
Thank you so much.

I created a lithops identification guide! Hope it is helpful - https://www.plantsucculents.com/posts/my-complete-lithops-identification-guide