That's great news for the species, especially if some of those pictured seedlings are now 5-year old adults. Lithops werneri hasn't been seen in habitat for some years, despite the exploratory efforts by some at the only documented locality. Nonetheless, I think it would be premature to label this species extinct in the wild. The surrounding region in the Erongo Mts. beckons further exploration...
That strikes an interesting question: When does something become extinct, particularly in the wild?... not in fact, but as is commonly practiced for tracking and documenting taxa in the wild? When no one can find it again? For how long? What if no one cares to look hard enough?
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