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Sofia Marchetti

Bologna, Italy

Humid subtropical — hot humid summers, cold damp winters

6 years specializing in rare-form Lithops cultivars and the L. lesliei selections.

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Bologna is a difficult Lithops city — humid in both directions, with not enough winter cold to force a clean dormancy. I solve it with a fan, a south-facing window, and very lean substrate. It works.

My focus is cultivars: 'Fred's Redhead', 'Top Red', the named L. schwantesii selections, and the patchwork of older horticultural names. I review the directory's cultivar entries.

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