Friend recently got a 3D printer and gave me this little bulbasaur. Since then this page has popped up in my feed a bunch. I feel like they look almost right but not perfect for him, but I know nothing about them unless their care is just generic succulent. What do yall think? Is a lithops the right plant for bulbasaurs back, and can one live there comfortably long-term? I of course intend to drill a drainage hole through his belly.
by FatGardenToad
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i have a similar planter and i also wanted it to match bulbasaur’s back lol. i found that Euphorbia Obesa looks very similar and so far it’s slow growing so it should be fine? i’ve had mine for a couple months and it’s doing good
I think it could work! Might be good to have a plastic lining pot you could remove from the print for easier watering. I’m imagining a blooming lithop on top of its back and it seems so so cool. Little kid me would have adored it. Honestly, I’d love it even now. Go to it! Love to see it when you have one planted in it in the future.
Being so shallow and no drainage, it would be a real challenge.
Ideally lithops would be in a planter that’s at least 4” deep. Especially to get one to a decent size to really sell your vision, I don’t think it’s gonna be possible unfortunately. You also have to have an extremely well draining pot so you’d either have to drill into the bottom of this one, or as someone else suggested, use a small nursery pot that can slip into this decorative one.
Personally I only use these type of cute, tiny pots for air plants.
Lithops are generally not very beginner friendly, generic succulent care won’t really work. They like to grow pretty deep roots, need really good drainage and 90% inorganic substrate, and they need a ton of light. The most difficult part imo is knowing when to water. You could make it work, but it’s not ideal since this pot is not particularly deep.