Daga cikin dukkanin tsire-tsire masu daɗi waɗanda zamu iya samunsu a cikin ɗabi'a, akwai wanda yafi birgewa. Mun san ta da sunan dutsen murtsun dutse, kodayake a zahiri abin birgewa ne. Abinda ake nufi da "dutse" ya zo ne saboda, a cikin mazauninsa na asali, ya tsiro ne a kan ƙasa inda akwai ƙananan duwatsu masu launuka daban-daban, wanda ya zama madaidaiciyar mafaka ga jarumanmu. Abin da ba a sani ba shi ne yadda tsire zai iya ɗaukar launukan dutse ta yadda zai zama ɗayansu. Wannan wataƙila ɗayan ɗayan sirrin ban sha'awa masu ƙarancin tsirrai dole ne su warware su.
Cactus murtsun dutse yana da ban sha'awa sosai: ƙaramin tsire wanda ba ya auna sama da 5cm a tsayi da kusan faɗi ɗaya, wanda ke da ganyaye biyu kawai na jiki masu kama da windows, yana barin hasken rana ya wuce ta kuma ba shi damar yin hotuna da girma.
Cactus murtsattsen dutse shine mai tallatar da tsirrai na tsirrai na Lithops, kuma asalinsa asalin Afirka ta Kudu ne. Ya ƙunshi nau'ikan 109, gami da Lithops karasmontana ko Lithops pseudotruncatella, waɗanda wasu daga cikin mafi sauƙin shiga cikin gidajen nurseries. Suna da halaye, ba wai kawai suna da ganye biyu da aka gyaru ba, har ma da kyawawan furanni farare ko shuɗi masu launin rawaya, waɗanda suke da kwatankwacin irin na shuke-shuke na Aster (masu kama da daisies). Wadannan tsiro a ƙarshen bazara ko farkon faɗuwa, dangane da yanayin.
Girman girma ya yi jinkiri, don haka za mu iya samun sa a cikin tukunya ɗaya don, aƙalla, 10 shekaru.
Idan muka yi magana game da nomansa, dole ne mu tuna cewa yana zaune a cikin yanki mai bushe sosai, kuma ƙasar da ta tsiro tana da yashi. Don haka, ta yadda zai bunkasa cikin kwanciyar hankali yana da mahimmanci cewa an dasa shi a cikin tukunya tare da matattarar mai laushiKo dai a wanke yashi kogi, pumice tare da -very- peat kaɗan, ko ma akadama. Ta wannan hanyar, zai yi wahala ga asalinsu su ruɓe.
Amma ba shakka, za a samu ruwa kadan. A lokacin bazara za'a shayar dashi sau daya a sati, da kuma sauran shekara duk kwana 15-20 (a lokacin sanyi, ruwa sau daya a wata). A cikin watanni masu dumi ana iya amfani dashi don takin takin don cacti, ko tare da takin mai magani na ruwa.
Kuma, ta hanyar, yana tallafawa sanyi mai sauƙi, har zuwa -1ºC idan kuwa na ɗan lokaci ne. Idan kana zaune a yankin da sanyi ya fi ƙarfi, koyaushe zaka iya samunsa a gida, a cikin ɗakin da yawancin haske na halitta ya shiga.
Me kuka yi tunani game da wannan tsire-tsire mai ban sha'awa?