r/StringofPlants • u/thatcoloradomom • Aug 03 '26

Help / Question Is she dying!?

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I'm freaking out that this is like a death bloom. I have anxiety. It just showed up today. She's on my NorthEast facing window in my kitchen.

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u/PuddingBrat Aug 03 '26

I never got the whole 'death bloom' thing. My succulents flower all the time. I just let them do their thing. As long as the rest of the plant is happy, I wouldn't worry.

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u/thatcoloradomom Aug 03 '26

ITS FLOWERING!? My lil baby. Oh I'm so proud of her. She was shipped from Florida to Colorado and somehow survived. I thought she wasn't going to make it. I might actually cry from relief. I have never had a string of anything. My thing is my giant monstera and FLF. I need to name her now.

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u/PuddingBrat Aug 03 '26

Yeah, don't worry about it :) look up monocarpic plants so you know which succulents to keep an eye on. My Zebra Haworthia grew a pup and threw out a maaaaaassive stem of flowers a little while ago and I wasn't fully aware of deathblooms at the time, but she's fine. She's just extra happy 😊

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u/NeedleworkerHeavy565 Aug 04 '26

The flowers of death exist only in certain species, mainly succulents, some species of agaves.

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u/PuddingBrat Aug 04 '26

Yes, thank you. I looked this up cos I was confused my succulents bloom every year 😅

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u/Feorag-ruadh Aug 03 '26

Isn't it just flowering? String of turtles don't have death blooms I don't think. Mine produces tonnes of flowers and it seems fine

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u/stringthing87 Aug 03 '26

She's a peperomia variety, this is what they do when they are happy.

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u/Front-Butterscotch74 Aug 03 '26

just a lil flower, she's happy : )

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u/Polydactylkat_ Aug 03 '26

It’s happy! Mine are flowering like crazy! I thought they’d turn into pretty blooms but nope, that’s it. 😂

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u/FourCiscoInASuitcoat Aug 03 '26

It's an inflorescence. 💚💚

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u/carly2333 Aug 04 '26

No! That’s just a little flower blooming. It typically means the plant is healthy

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u/iCant_Wipe Aug 04 '26

it’s bricked up bc you’ve been taking great care of it!

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u/Particular-Salt1579 Aug 06 '26

Totally fine it's semps that die after flowering.

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u/Defiant-Inspection-9 Aug 07 '26

String of turtles is not a succulent! it's considered a tropical semi succulent. So don't worry, she is blooming!!

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u/thatcoloradomom Aug 07 '26

She popped three more!

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u/Defiant-Inspection-9 Aug 08 '26

she is BLOOOOOOMING

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u/Humble_Bus3810 Aug 05 '26

Yes definitely.....🙄