I'm not sure who told you succulents don't need light, but the lied to you;). The tall one is in major need of light. That's why it's sooo tall the plant is on a hunt for more of it. The second one needs light too. This one has just flattened out its leaves to expose more leaf surface to light. I'm guessing they're both Echeverias, but it's hard to id because they're lacking light.

Ok next:). What they're planted in is cute, but not the best for succulents. There is no drainage. If you really want them to be happy get two little pots with drainage holes. I say two because one will have different needs than the other one. You will see why. While you're getting your pots get some C&S soil along with pumice or perlite. Do a mixture of 50% C&S soil along with 50% perlite or pumice. Doesn't look like you have rotting problems which is good:).

The flat echie you can just pot up in the new soil mixture. The tall plant is a different story you will need to make a cutting. Take the tall plant and just cut the top off. Leaving about two inches of stem. Don't worry your plant will be fine:). Pluck any leaves off the 2 inch stem and set aside in a cool dry place for a day. This is so your plant can callus over. Once callused over place in your new little pot with the new soil mix. Just stick the stem into the mix. Do not water till roots form! You will know roots have formed because all of a sudden your plant will perk up. The flat Echeveria you can water once a week and start off giving morning sun. Then slowly giving more and more light. The cutting keep in a well lit area, but not under the scorching sun. Should take from 2wks to a month for roots to form. Once roots form you can start off with morning sun. Treat like your other Echeveria. That was a lot I'm sorry. Just trying to cover their basics. Goodluck:)

ps- wouldn't worry about the abrasions on the flat Echeveria. Those leaves will die off one day. You will never even know those marks were there.

I forgot to say:)all the leaves you took off the tall stem are potential new plants. It's important to get the whole leaf not just a broken piece. Just set on your new soil mixture in a cool dry place. No water till roots form. Eventually some will begin to grow new plants:).

As Kara said, they will be much happier in a pot with drainage hole(s). And never pot succulents inside of any container, hey need good air flow and can't get it inside or potted too low/deep. That kind of container (glass bowl visible in pic #1) is suitable for plants that love humidity - succulents do not.

I wonder if the container was sold to you at the same place where you were advised about light?

If you follow suggestions above, you should see improvement quite fast.

Thank you for the advice everyone! I'm going to go out and buy a few pots, cactus and succulent soil, pumice or perlite and repot these. My cousin was the one who gave these succulents to me. She has all her succulents in glass containers (which are alive and healthy looking), and gave these two to me. I couldn't figure out for the life of me, why they look sad and miserable since I've been trying to revive them for over a month now. I will operate on the tall succulent tonight, and post pictures to make sure that I'm doing this correctly.

Is there certain succulents that I can purchase to put into these glass containers? It would be a waste to throw the containers away. I might as well reuse them for different plants that are more suitable for humid conditions.

No succulent should be in glass containers UNLESS it has drainage hole(s) and it is not enclosing plants. Holes could be drilled in glass if using proper tool (diamond drill bit). Post a photo of containers you have for better advice...

Any bowl-like container, either spheres with just 1 opening you could put plants in, or with recurved tops will act (and really are) terrariums. They will be great for humidity loving plants. Plants for terrarium should be ones that do not grow naturally too large. Mosses, many ferns (not huge ones like Boston fern), African violets come to mind - but there are many that would do well in terrarium. Succulents are growing naturally in pretty dry, sunny (most often) and rocky areas, so that is kind of environment they need.

Succulents could survive in glass containers for a while, especially if kept dry. But this is usually a short time situation, as all plants need water sooner or later (some need water very seldom). There are ppl that grow in glass pots, but they really know about plants...I don't think there are many, really (Harry, member of this forum has few in glass pots, but we consider him an expert...)

No succulents in glass at all pls. None will do well in that.

Maybe cut flowers would like it just fine as a VASE, not a pot.

Julie

Those are recurved, and definitely no good for succulents. There is way too much posted all over the web recommending these for succulents, but if you want your plants to last, do not use them. Pinterest is full of beautiful photos and I am not surprised ppl want something similar. Suitable to decorate tables for a wedding...and taking plants out after couple of days...

Julie,

We don't mean to give you a hard time, but the truth of the matter is we know this stuff. It's our passion, love & hobby.

You'd have to find an exceptional nursery to know more than some of the folks on here, some here for 10 - 15 yrs.

Try searching this site for "Succulents & Terrariums" to see how many recent posts there are abt folks coming here w/ these glass set ups & their ailing plants. Go on, take a look.

As Rina suggests they can look lovely, but tend not to work. Key elements for succulents (other than sun) are drainage & air circulation. Those curved glass bowls allow neither -- hence the problems.

Don't give up Julie. You can fix this. :)
You have received some very good advice here.

I'm agreeing with Karen on the nursery bit- I don't think most people who work at nurseries have the knowledge and experience some people do on this forum... Granted there are always exceptions. Recently, my friend told me that he a brought his plant back to the nursery because the tips were browning and all the personnel there told him that it was just the rough weather we were experiencing recently and tough luck.....lol! We live in California by the way. Rough weather for our standards is rain for weeks.

I appreciate everyone's feedback and guidance. The main reason why I joined is so that I could get advice from all the awesome folks in this forum to guide me along the way. I'm clearly a beginner in all of this, and I really have no clue what I'm doing! lol. Yes the glass containers look great, but if it doesn't work out for any plant in the long run, there is point in using them. I will have to find a way to re-purpose them in my home as a decor item. =)

Like I mentioned earlier, I'll have to cut the taller succulent this weekend and move both succulents to proper pots with drainage holes. I'll have some pictures up this weekend to make sure that I'm following the instructions properly. Thank you again for all your feedback!

Julie

Just in case you are not sure about something when ready to prune/decapitate and making new mix just take photo and post. You'll get helpful tips if you need any.

Yes, you can repurpose the bowls. I like your attitude :) Fill one up with chocolate eggs for Easter...:)