Aloe cameronii Mt. Zembe form Cactus saundersii 'compactum' A nice smaller

saundersii 'compactum' A nice smaller shrubby caudiciform species with thick stems

It has blue green to yellowish green stems with small succulent leaves that only last a few months

The spines are tiny and look like little black bugs

Unlike most plants Lithops have two growing seasons and two dormant seasons per year

It starts out globular and stays that way for a long time before slowly becoming slightly columnar (remember it stays pretty small)

Aloe cameronii Mt. Zembe form Cactus saundersii 'compactum' A nice smallerAloe cameronii Mt. Zembe Family: Xanthorrhoeaceae. A beautiful rarely seen form of this species. Originally collected by a friend of mine (legally!) this variety is from Mt. Zembe, Mozambique and differs from the normal A. cameronii in having much darker and redder leaves (when in full sun) and more spacing between the leaves. This spacing shows off the most interesting part of the plant, the petioles or leaf sheathes of the plant which are a