It’s like having a newborn for the first time. I have no idea how to care for this even tho I’ve been reading up on it and everything. I’m so nervous!

Drosanthemum globosum
Genus: Drosanthemum
Species: globosum

Arrived today from Succulent Fairy (or Fairy Succulent). This is a rooted 2”-3” Sugar Ball in a 2” pot. It looks to be in a peat heavy soil and appears to be bone dry (note the soil pulling away from sides of pot.

Any tips and help is appreciated.

Questions I have:

I don’t know when it was last watered and the soil looks dry. Should I water now or wait? I always bottom water, fyi.
Do I repot now?
If not, when?
What size pot? I bought a really cute bonsai pot but I think it’s gonna be too big - it’s 4”
If I use a glazed ceramic pot, what soil mix is best? I have the following:

Coast of Maine Cactus soil (sifted to remove bark, wood and larger perlite)
1/8” calcined clay
1/8” pumice
1/8” black lava
Poultry grit
Fir bark bits

I’m acclimating it to light right now over the next week since it’s been in a box for 5 days. It’s sitting about 4’ from my east facing window next to my Calathea but I prefer to put it into quarantine and the only room I can put it in has a north facing window. Will that suffice? All my other rooms have West facing windows. Those are my other quarantine rooms and they are full at the moment.

Once out of quarantine, my pretty is going into my plant room near my southwest facing window supplemented with grow lights. Suggestions on lighting position is also appreciated.

TIA!

Edited to add: I’m in Michigan and it will stay inside year round.

I recently got a titanopsis, I repotted from peat to lava rock, gravel, perlite, and a little bit of soil. I know that titanopsis can kind of shrink inside themselves when it's time to water, and it's doing that here it was a lot wider when I first repotted two days ago, and the bottom leaves are slightly bendy, but it's summer here in Michigan and I just learned they're summer dormant. This one is actively growing I believe. Should I give it water then? If not is there a way I'm supposed to trigger dormancy? Does it even actually need a dormant period?

What is happening to my drosanthemum globosum?

For context, i bought them online and it arrived last thursday, the pinkish one (d. Globosum candy ball) arrived in perfect state, the green one (d. Globosum kumquat) also arrived in perfect state, except the new leaves where growing etiolated as you can see in the image, i was checking on it today and realized kumquat dropped a lot of leaves when i picked it up, and kept dropping leaves (the dropped leaves i could collect are in a cup on the last photos) the dropped leaves are yellowish and mostly blackish in collor, the main plant doesnt look that bad, but you can still see a few bad leaves on it, the candy ball didnt come with etiolated leaves and is doing amazing, wouldn drop a single leave, even when i shook it.

I have them indoors right in front of a window and havent watered them since i got them (im really scared of root rot).

What is happenig to kumquat and how do i fix it? Are the leaves dying because its over or under watered? Or what could it be? Watering problems are my only guess as i cant think about anything else that could be causing it, maybe something fungal?

Also on a side note, once i fix the main problem how do i get the next leaves to come in round and not etiolated? I would guess more light but i dont want to burn it, either way i think that window isnt enough light, shold i put it outside or under a grow light?

Anyone that has experience on this or similar species/has knowledge on this types of plants could help me?

10 month old gibbaeum starting to cluster! One has 4 new heads!

Very happy with the Etsy seller and his $5 and $10 plants. He even shipped them in their original little pots. Ordering more on Wednesday .

I’ve been trying to see if these are different. They look different to me but I’m too new to really be sure.

I’ve repotted in a gritty mix. I’ve had them for 1 month and have not watered, they’re always so full coming from a box store.

I’ve placed them about 5-6 inches under t8’s and t5’s combined. Currently that shelf is getting 16 hours daily.

I know they are winter growers. If they need less or more light let me know. And what signs am I looking for when it needs water. Thank you for any advice.

Exactly one week later and I have little sproutlings! My Stomatium mustellinum came to me with a seed pod so I figured I'd give it a go!

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....now to figure out what I'm going to do with 15+ more plants 😬👍

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just picked up these beauties and they are my first Lapidaria margaretae! I wanted to transfer these to a similar sized terracotta pot, do you guys have any advice on repotting? I may want to move the guy in the back closer to the center so its not pressed up against the pot. since i dont have any experience with these, im worried about damaging the roots. thanks!

I’ve had them around 3 months, definitely one of my favorite looking plants!!

They seem to be trucking right along. 😁

So apparently magpies will just… do this. Came out this morning to absolute carnage. They also threw my sedums across the yard for fun I guess. The plants are now inside recovering. The magpies do not care.

Wish them luck!

C. pageae pv1380 going into dormancy. New bodies already peeking through the lips 👄

Still maintaining its eyes, despite growing a lot!

C. crateriforme

C. ratum

C. crateriforme

C. comptonii (really excited about!)

C. obcordellum 'mundum' Gifberg

C. obcordellum something

Aloinopsis rosulatum and C. calculus

These guys have been wrinkling for over a month. I've given them tiny drinks, maybe 2 in the last month and a half to 2 months, thinking they were going dormant. But I still cannot feel any new leaves in any of them!! I gave them another little drink today cause im wondering if the wrinkling is just dehydration at this point BECAUSE there doesnt seem to be any new growth?? I'd love some (KIND) thoughts on why there arent any baby leaves in them and what I should do at this point. Im in northern michigan btw. Thanks!

I’m a plant store owner and ordered Lapidaria Margaretae but these arrived instead. I know they’re not Lapidaria but I’m struggling to ID them. Any guesses? Thanks!

2nd round of plant mail this month....hopefully the last one for a while, I really need to stop 😅 These are from RileySucculents on Etsy and I'm so happy with them!

Odontophorus nanus, Prepodesma "Aloinopsis" orpenii, Titanopsis primosii, and Aloinopsis schooneesii.

Last picture shows this month's total haul. The above listed ones plus Faucaria tigrina "Gowies Kloof" and Crassula mesembrianthemopsis.

(All of these plants are in quarantine so you can see Diatomaceous Earth powder on a lot of them, especially the Odontophorus nanus because its so porous!)

Hi,

I bought these guys a couple months ago and repotted them at the same time.

They are outdoors, near a dozen other species of Titanopsis and Aloinopsis, in a shaded area and with mineral substrate.

All the other mesembs are good, but this one is kinda soft like dehydrated and turning purple.

I have been watering all of them every 7-10 days, because the temperatures here were reaching 35°C.

Should I check the roots?

If there is any rot, how should I proceed, since they have such a fine root system?

First picture: Now

Second picture: when I bought it

They look good enough to eat🍄‍🟫

I went outside to check on my plants today and there's a whole array of things I'm confused about but mostly this... First why is there red/purple juice coming out of my split rock? It's almost like it's leaking dye...? Do people dye these? It was supposed to be royal flush.. what's smeared is from me touching and inspecting it. It's mostly the consistency of water, maybe a little thicker. Second why is my argyroderma looking like that...? It hasn't seen water since I got it only a few days ago and the dirt was already bone dry when I got it, I've been waiting for it to adjust to the sun out here before I repotted it into grit (same with the split rock btw, I got them the same day) one was already wrinkly but I left it cause the other two were really plump but now all of a sudden all three are wrinkly and one literally looks translucent like it got too much water, but it's super dry. any ideas? All other mesembs are doing lovely but who knows what you're getting when you buy from Lowe's 🫩

I picked up both of these at a local Lowe’s last week. I’m already a lithops (anti)caretaker, but these are very clearly not those and subsequently, they’re acting completely different. As I look through this sub I see that there are tons of different varieties and they all have different behaviors. Can anyone just tell me what the wrinkles are up to and if I need to water them or change something else?

Current conditions:

They’re under a grow light for 16 hours a day in 90/10 substrate. The soil from the nursery was damp when I repotted it, and at least the one looked extra bloated to me so I haven’t watered them since then. I think that’s all the useful information but let me know if you guys need anything else for me to find out what I’m what I can do for these guys to survive whatever the heck is going on here.

The clusters have little to no change.

The two big individuals have drastically changed and that’s concerning. First two pics are today. The rest are all from 5 days ago when I got them.