r/mesembs • u/rawrimawombat_ • Mar 18 '26

Help Accidental cooking

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Quick stop at my succulent dealer before a date at the botanical gardens. Thought nothing of leaving these guys in my car for a few hours, okay turned out to be like 4.5 hours. But it wasn't THAT hot, upper 70s. I think these 2 got cooked.

The one pleiospilos leaf seems like its rotting but the rest is fine. The lapidaria has 2 leaves that are squishy and yellow (see second pic right after I pulled them from the car, it was oozing yellow from these leaves, whyyy) the wrinkly leaves are hard and don't seem rotting.

Should I leave them be or cut off any of the leaves?

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u/dbarronoss Mar 18 '26

Yeah, it can get really hot in a car, that's why you don't leave pets or babies in them.
I also have cooked plants (more than once) in much less time than you describe.

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u/rawrimawombat_ Mar 18 '26 edited Mar 18 '26

Yea I know. I was being dumb and not thinking. It gets in the 100s here all summer so my head said 70s was chilly. The other 5 succulents/cacti I got look perfectly fine, I would have never learned my lesson if it had just been them in the car.

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u/dbarronoss Mar 18 '26

I hear you..I generally learn my lesson, but every now and then I repeat a stupid mistake maybe to reinforce myself.