Two unavoidable websites in English for the first, in English and German for the second :
1 – that of Andrew Van Ginkel in South Africa = flowering stones
Six parts dealing with morphology, history of discovery, geographical distribution, culture, description of the species (linked to a photo gallery borrowed essentially from Rafael Matysiuk who borrowed them from Uwe Beyer !) and links and related works.
Andrew animated a Lithops forum for a long time but is no longer running.
★★★ because very complete and very well illustrated
2 – that of Rafael Matysiuk in Germany = lithops info
Five parts offering cultural tips (Nick Rowlette), photo galleries (mainly borrowed from Uwe Beyer), interesting books and related links.
Some websites in French :
Belgian website : http://myspace.voo.be/miccollin/lithops.htm
Description of a hundred species + copy of the text of Henri Kuentz on the Lithops
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Marc Flandre’s blog : jewels pebbles
History of his collection + magnificent photo gallery
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Site associated with the Cactus Francophone : conos, lithops & Co
Photo gallery in situ and in cultur
A selection of my favorite foreign websites and, preceded by 1 to 3☆, a short comment on the most interesting part.
SA – South African site : lithops foundation
Projects of the foundation for research and conservation of Lithops
★ information on the reintroduction of Lithops in their habitat in Namibia
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ES – Manuel Muñoz García’s Spanish site : manolithops
Eight parts showing the culture, the species of the collection, the sowing, the bibliography, the unusual questions, the associated links, a list of producers, and some reports of visits.
★★ answers to unusual questions and anecdotes
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CA – Catalan website of ? = plantes de pedra
Six parts giving notions of botany, culture, description of Lithops species and other living stones + the collection (lithoparium) and associated links.
★ illustrations on the vegetative cycle and diseases
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IN – Indian Institute of Krishna Kumar Agrawal = kkagrawal
The collection and floral arrangements of the largest Lithops collector from India.
★★ large flowerpots and for ladies, lithops jewelry
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IT – Italian site of Gionata Stancher = pietre vive
Six parts covering biology, culture, seasonal cycle, reproduction, collection and list of Cole numbers.
★★ Description of species, identification of possible confusion with other species.
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JP – Japanese site of Shiratori= shiratori
The phenomenal collection of Shiratori and his Japanese compositions.
★ Flowerpots with 4 to 8 plants of the same species showing Lithops polymorphism.
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CH – Chilean website of ?= conolithops
★★ Videos explaining substrate preparation, sowing, transplanting and floral arrangements.