They will go dormant in extreme heat, like most Crassulaceae. What I would do is get it in more porous soil and when the heat's lessened, it will start growing again.

I think the biggest thing to emphasize it getting it into some better draining soil. Gritty mix of you can, but at the very least mix half and half C&S soil and perlite.

haddock- When I visited Austin/Roundrock area last year it had gotten to 122 degrees. I saw many cacti and succulents that were damaged by the intense direct sunlight. My friends grow their cacti and succulents in a very gritty mix..with some type of clay..it's almost an orange/light orange color. When I asked about the soil mix they told me that it's better because it keeps the roots cooler. I am not suggesting you do this...only that you research this in your area locally about what I just told you. There is a very large and knowledgeable nursery staff going downtown from Austin...off the Ben White hwy.. another near Slaughter lane..not too far from the semi-abandoned movie theatre and possibly an outdoor one in Manchaca area. Sorry, I don't remember all the names. Also, if you're further south...by SA, there is a nice nursery near the Riverwalk. further Southeast in Atascosa there are open farms and nurseries also. Whatever you decide be prudent because even though Ghost Plants are very hardy succulents, days on end in blazing 100+ heat would be fatal for them. I hope you've placed them in some shade in the meantime.

All the best and, let us know how you made out.

This is just what that plant does. They drop their old leaves, and then you're left with an increasingly long bare stalk. I've beheaded and repotted the ends, and that works just fine, but eventually, you have the same issue again. If you leave the stalk, sometimes it'll grow new rosettes along it. I have a few growing around a larger potted plant, but I've ditched the rest.

I wonder what does "it gets a good amount of light" mean?

Is it indoors? By the window? Outside? Most succulents need really good light to grow compact, even ones that have tendency to grow longer stalks will etoliate.

If you were to increase gritty part of your mix or replace it (existing mix) altogether with gritty, you almost can't overwater - well draining mix will take care of that.

There was a post not too long ago regarding the fact that the common name, "ghost plant" is sometimes applied to different species. I have a Graptosedum, "Ghosty" and it does grow in such a way that it drops lower leaves and you end up with a longer, hanging stem with a rosette at the end. I've posted pictures of it before. I am on my work computer now so I cant post them now, but if I think of it later I will. then you can compare and see if they are the same.

Thank you all for your input!
Neil- I am in San Antonio and I think I'll go down to the nursery (I assume when you say riverwalk, you mean on Broadway because that seems to be the closest) and ask about what's best for our area!
Rina- All of my plants are on an enclosed patio against the window. The patio is NE facing and does not get direct sunlight for all of the day, in fact, I think the direct light that comes in is during the morning. It's all indirect light for the rest of the day. I had to move my plants to my patio after realizing my room practically never got light (yet, somehow the patio is better, despite it being a mere five or ten feet to the left of my room).
Penny and Deva- I did notice that all the graptopetalum paraguaynese are hanging and leggy so I had come to expect that, I just didn't expect to be losing the bottom leaves in such a sad way!
It seems that the consensus is to get my friend into a better draining mix, which I will most certainly do once I'm allowed to!
Any further advice is welcomed!

haddocksings
It still not clear to me:

All of my plants are on an enclosed patio against the window. The patio
is NE facing and does not get direct sunlight for all of the day, in
fact, I think the direct light that comes in is during the morning. It's
all indirect light for the rest of the day.

Enclosed patio = indirect light; so where is direct light during the morning coming from?

rina - they can still get direct sunlight in the mornings, as the sun is rising, its just not directly over head. Mine are out on my mostly covered balcony, west facing. They get direct light from about 1-7pm

Ps here are some pics of my ghosty. I apologize if they are sideways, I'm posting from my phone

Yesterday

A little baby growing on a bare area of stem (large rosette on end of that stem)

Notice the bare stems with rosettes at the ends.

deva and haddocksings -
sorry, I am probably confused myself about meaning of direct...thought that direct light is coming from the source (in this case sun) to the object, indirect goes thru 'something' (in this case windows) before hitting the object. I have always referred to plants being outdoors as being in direct light...perhaps I am wrong.
In either case, light coming thru the window would loose some intensity, and that is what I really should have said.

Rina

oh yeah - got cha! Yeah, it might loose some intensity, but should be fine. Depending on our zones and living situation that is all some of us have! Why cant we all live in southern cali? lol

Deva- Rina- can you post more ghost pics in a new thread? I have a ghost thing lately. thanks.