Lithops
Across
- 4. Lithops are confined to areas where the pattern on their leaves matches the ___________ of the environment.
- 5. The living stones can endure 120 degree temperatures, _____________, and minimal rainfall.
- 6. Lithops are an undesirable source of ______.
- 9. Avid plant _____________ have led to the endangerment and near extinction of many varieties of lithops.
- 10. Thomas Burchell found this little plant on ___________.
- 13. Lithops are native to the dessert area of ______________.
- 15. The common name given to lithops because of their likeliness to this kind of rock.
- 17. This is the only region of the leaf exposed to natural lithops.
- 18. Lithops live for more than one year meaning they are this type of flower.
- 19. This pore that lets CO2 into the plant and O2 out is actually located underground in lithops.
Down
- 1. Lithops have transparent _________ to let sunlight in the plant to maximize photosynthesis.
- 2. ____________ or heavy dew is require to get the seed capsules to open up.
- 3. Because the leaf is mostly underground lithops have very little ________________ exposed to the sun.
- 7. Greek word meaning "stone"
- 8. Lithops are the masters of _____________.
- 11. Lithops have this many leaves.
- 12. This type of crystal (the same stuff that made the dumb cane spears) reflects light to the inside of the leaf.
- 14. Lithops grow flowers so that they can be pollinated by these.
- 16. Being underground prevents the loss of _________.