I think that's what it means, I hope I didn't just give one of my stone plants too much water!

has anyone tried to let the plant heal, maybe superglue or something in the cracks? To prevent infection? Oh, cinnamon to seal and protect it.

Yup, too much water. Just leave it and let it heal on its own.

You'll get another chance when it changes to the next pair of leaves. =)

Recommended to move it to a mineral rich (full of grit) mix with fairly low water retention.

I think it is the same concept as with tomatoes splitting in the garden. Too much water at once after a dry period.

Christopher

good analogy as I had half my tomatoes do that for that very reason!

Do you have a side photo as well? Not sure if you need an ID but they look like Gibbaeums.

How long have you had these? I've kept two different lithops alive all summer and I'm trying not to kill them while I try to get them to root.

it's easy to not make them split when you just don't water them at all. I'm not special, lol.

oh and it sounds like you need to buy an automatic timer irrigation system for your edibles! Or maybe find one on Craigslist? Could find one for cheap/free?

enwmayo thanks for the ID, I may whip up a psuedo gritty mix to try and save it.

also they seam to be sensitive to the winter growing/ summer dormant cycle

Does it get hot enough there to put them into dormancy?

that is a good question, but I don't water them much if at all in July / August and they tend to stay alive, LOL! The above victim was watered last week, which is what I suspect did this.

Most likely. Do you drench the soil or do you use a spray bottle?

At least it hasn't split so much that it's turned to mush.

Yeah too much water as others have mentioned. The funny thing about lithops unlike many other plants, they dont have an internal system telling them "too much water, stop drinking", so they basically drink themselves to death. I would definitely consider repotting to something a little bit more draining so they arent sitting in a mix that takes a long time to dry out!

Anyone know about the Namibia genus? Is it always supposed to look a bit shriveled?

Nambia genus, I thought all of these came from the Namibian desert?

Apparently only two species are special enough to carry it as their genus name. And the only difference between the two is the opening of the flower and its timing.

I repotted it today. I put it in a mix of grani grit 60%, and a blend of MG soil and perlite at 50% each and into a terracotta pot. The poor plant is in rough shape, and I was not as gentile as I should have been, only time will tell.

Sans

Good luck & pls. post results, hope it will recover (I am sure you meant gentle...:)

genteel nor gentle when I transplanted it!, Nor is it a Gentile. LOL

But you are :P

they look nice! Are they connected by one root?

Just, I tried unsuccessfully to pull them apart hence the comment about being too rough on it.

I figured. Since they both split in almost identical fashion.