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Cacti & Succulents
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Help with a plant ID?

9 years ago

Can you help ID this plant so I can look up care instructions? One is doing well (right), one is doing ok (left), one is doing less ok (middle). They seem to shrivel at night if it gets cold, and the strong one opens up more in direct sun. I'm not sure if it's been hurt by the cold, although we only go down to maybe mid-50s here.

Overall, they're a bit smaller and shriveled/closed up than they were when they were gifted to me in February.

Doing well:

Doing poorly:


Doing ok:

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  • 9 years ago

    I just repotted it. (He bought it from a fair, so he wouldn't know) The soil was a loose perlite mix, but there was no drainage, so the bottom was damp. The roots were mostly dry, but there was a damp clump right at the main root. I knocked off some of the soil and loosened the roots a bit, and repotted in little cups with fresh soil and drainage. Fingers crossed!

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