What do you mean, the stone blooms?

It turns out that there are flowers on the stone, or stone plants grow beside it.

Extended meaning: Some plants can grow in the crevices of stones. It is often said that these plants are tenacious, just like dripping water wears away the stones, and the seas run dry and the stones rot. It is a kind of determination or commitment.

Maybe it's a stone flower (lithhopsleliei? Dianthus is a small perennial succulent plant with short stems. Deformed leaves are fleshy. 3-4-year-old original stone flowers bloom in yellow, white, pink and other colors from the gap between opposite leaves in autumn.

Most flowers bloom in the afternoon, close at night and bloom again the next afternoon. A flower can bloom for 3-7 days. Flowers cover almost the whole plant when it blooms. After the flowers wither, they bear fruit and can harvest small seeds.

Native to southern and southwestern Africa, it is common in cracks in bedrock and gravel. The original stone flower is shaped like colored stone, rich in color, petite and exquisite, and enjoys the reputation of "living stone".

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Raw stone flowers like a warm winter and cool summer climate, like a warm, dry and sunny environment, and are afraid of low temperature and strong light. The suitable growth temperature is 10-30℃, the winter temperature is not lower than 12℃, and it can temporarily tolerate the low temperature of 4-5℃.

It is suitable for growing in loose and breathable neutral sandy loam, and proper reduction of water in winter and summer is helpful for molting.

After flowering, plants directly enter dormancy, and new leaves develop from the central meristem of old leaves, and then the old leaves wither and fall off, providing nutrition for the new leaves. After molting, the old leaves are completely dry and the new leaves enter the growth period.

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