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title: "I was able to resist all of these (so expensive at boutiques), but…"
description: "I was able to resist all of these (so expensive at boutiques), but had to share. The big one made me blurt “oh wow!” in the middle of strangers."
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/JTKPVVVnTWq8RdIJ8lW6Rg/655105ba8c15b8ab992e27f0"
community: "Lithops Lovers"
author: "Dave_opuntiaface"
published: "2023-11-12T17:04:58.183Z"
language: "en"
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# I was able to resist all of these (so expensive at boutiques), but…

_Posted by Dave\_opuntiaface on 2023-11-12_

I was able to resist all of these (so expensive at boutiques), but had to share. The big one made me blurt “oh wow!” in the middle of strangers.

![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/gFKgBIDtQUSoNHyzAXA4pLM-wYI4yLGXFPAMGDtMt3o/426b91533de84132b599d9bc9162c2bb.webp?size=large)

## 5 comments

### Lindsey commented on 2023-11-12

Wowwwww. So incredible! What self-control you showed! 👏🏼☺️

#### Dave\_opuntiaface replied on 2023-11-13

It was tough. I’ve never seen most of this species.

### Mullein commented on 2023-11-12

Oh wow from me too! I’ve only spotted them once in person so far, but they were sad and overwatered looking enough for me to resist. Some day!

#### Dave\_opuntiaface replied on 2023-11-13

I’m going on record with saying this shop has no clue what to do with these - or a bunch of the sucs. They make their money on the catering and huge plants for big homes. I was going to grab at least one, but they are seriously waterlogged.

I found a pic of day one with Lithops in my life (it took a few months before I realized these two species were not going to make it on the same schedule).

![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/gFKgBIDtQUSoNHyzAXA4pLM-wYI4yLGXFPAMGDtMt3o/91fe491509ba4df79f4a68c00144a966.webp?size=large)

#### Mullein replied on 2023-11-13

Ah, yeah that makes sense. I hate looking through a shop and finding waterlogged plants on their last legs. It is hard to keep track of every single type of plant, but I hate to think that folks buy these plants only to have them die in a week or so because they were already half in the grave

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