I don't know where you got it from and how long it was in transit? Seems to be in quite sad condition.

Hi Rina,

Unfortunately yes, it was in transit for at least 2 weeks, it got delayed on it's way here. It was sent to me from S. Korea along with a Pink Champagne. The other succulent is doing really well, but it's also not as fragile.

I feel terrible, I knew it was more sensitive than other succulents but I clearly didn't give it good thought. Lesson learned.

I wonder if I should behead it and see if the stump does anything......

Lily

I would contact the seller with the pic you showed us, let them now take the issue up. It doesn't look very hopeful to me.

Ah well, I tried. I've emailed the seller. Just waiting at this point. Gill, your CC's are gorgeous by the way!

Wow amazing Kara! I guess you never really know until you give it a go :)

I just wanted to show you this just in case. You look like you've got some good leaves on there, and you're right you never really know till you give it a go:). I did my leaf as a little experiment because I honestly never thought it would sprout roots. Goodluck:).

Next time, leave all but the totally dried brown leaves on there. Succulents dry out in shipment, but they can take it. The soft wrinkly leaves are how it survives drought. Pot it and don't water it until you see new growth. When new growth forms, it means that it has started to send out new healthy roots, and is able to take up moisture and nutrients (or it means that it is using its reserves to grow new leaves and roots). Either way, it should bounce back if you force yourself not to water it until that point. Don't give up until it's obviously dead, or has black rot on the stem... only then should you behead it to salvage what's left... that plants stem looks fine. Plant it and forget about it for awhile.

Kara, I put the "healthy" leaves on top of my prop trays. Let's see what happens :)

Tony, unfortunately the stem got softer as the day went on. I decided to slice into the stem to check for rot and as I feared, stem rot had set in. The rot has traveled up to the top and all the way down to about 1 cm above the end above the roots. The little stump has shrivelled up today..... I've left it in the pot... perhaps it'll do something ... perhaps not.

Just ignore the leaves for a bit:). Don't babysit them;).

Until I got my own little CC and actually felt one. I can see why yours looked the way it did. Mine would have looked the same being in a box for 2 weeks, and who knows how that box was treated. Out of all my succulents my CC feels the most delicate. If I put it out in the sun I know it would just melt like chocolate. I have single Conophytums with barely any roots that feel tougher than my CC. My Glottiphyllum pygmaeum I can handle with rougher hands, and the leaves on those get messed up with one fingernail stab. I think once mine gains size it will get sturdier, but these guys are not your average eachie:). I'm guessing that's why we don't find them for $5 at Home Depot;). I can see why people have issues with them 100%. When they're small that's where the problems occur. Once they get nicely rooted and big you can exhale. A little;). I've just been lucky mine hasn't croaked yet.

You definitely couldn't tell just how delicate these echies are by their photos. In person, there's almost a "translucency" in the way the leaves look. Makes me love them even more! I have other variegates and I feel like I can be "more rough" with them and not worry the same way.

That's a beautiful little CC!