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~ ^^

It liiiiives!! Cutting off the rot worked wonderfully. But I think the "surgery" worked in my favor because I spotted the rot almost immediately. Its doing just fine now, it's even sprouting new leaves! I took pictues of the rot and the "surgery" if anyone is interested. Eventually, new leaves will replace the old and it will look like nothing ever happened.

I've never grown Lithops from seed, but have grown lots of other stuff - cactus, Hoodia, Edithcolea, Pachypodium, Adenium, and others. I always enclose mine in bags or clear plastic boxes at least until they germinate. In the case of cactus a lot longer. I don't worry about the condensation; you don't want them to dry out at that stage. Don't put pots enclosed in bags/boxes in direct sun or they'll cook. Indirect light, filtered sun, or under lights is good. Edited to say... if Lithops are very prone to damping off (as s g says) give them a bit of air circulation. You just want to make sure to keep the potting medium damp until they germinate.

They look perfectly fine. A little behind in their cycle, but it happens. The green Lithops are wrinkled because there’s a high possibility the new is absorbing the old, and that’s why the old set begins to look dehydrated. The old set are getting the life sucked outta them😉. If you gently squeeze the heads you may be able to feel the new set under the old. I personally would hold off water for now, and keep them in morning light like you’re doing. You should start to see what’s going on with them in a month or so. During the process of them absorbing the old leaves I hold off on the water and begin to water once the old set of leaves are completely absorbed. I start watering them around July/August thru Novemberish. I find Lithops are most active late summer/fall. This is when they flower and begin the new leaf cycle. Then they don‘t really look like they’re doing much during the winter, but they are. We just can’t see it, and then springtime the new leaves start to show face. Then early/mid summer they just stay sort of dormant.