ID Dieing Succulent thread with pics

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mr.bigglesworth

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Will it survive? I have it indoors in front of a 6 foot window facing west. Gets lots of morning sun. Enough to make an indoor azalea tree produce flowers! It has holes in the trunk which were their when I bought it. Because of this alone I assume termite infestation is a possibility. When I bought it it had hundreds of long since crispy-dead flowers attached directly to the trunk. It has a supposedly rare form of bacteria colonizing on the trunk... he gave me a term (he as in cacti specialist) but I forgot it... it is in VERY POOR SHAPE. On the verge of dying. When I bought it the soil was parched. It was a ball of soil covering the majority of the roots in a plastic pot. I mean not having been watered in at least 3 weeks. Bare minimum 3 weeks. I watered it heavily yesterday and repotted it using cactus mix. I didn't have a choice as the pot was splitting in half and the tree was falling over. Their wasn't even enough soil in the pot to cover all the roots. Their were no other succulents like this 1 at the nursery. It doesn't have any thorns except it has a pointyness on the tips of the leaves. Which makes me think it is a succulent and not a cactus.

I don't want it to die, please help me!!!!!!

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Looks like a job for Super-gardener: surfpalmsncycads.
but I don't think it's dying. Limping, yes. maybe a bit of sciatica, eh.
 
petspoiler said:
Looks like a job for Super-gardener: surfpalmsncycads.
but I don't think it's dying. Limping, yes. maybe a bit of sciatica, eh.
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Thanks for the help. What is sciatica? Is this that bacteria thingy ma-bobber your referring to? Cacti specialist didn't use that term.

Calling surfpalmcycads you are needed in this thread! It is urgent!

Just some excessive information. When I bought it one of the employees dropped the plant on the cement. The soil went EVERYWHERE. But Idk if this is the cause of those raw spots. I don't think it was as I seem to remember it being their beforehand.
 
mr.bigglesworth said:
Thanks for the help. What is sciatica? that was a total joke, a human cause of limping. SORRY, Lol.Is this that bacteria thingy ma-bobber your referring to? Nooooo= jokeCacti specialist didn't use that term. only someone with my odd humor would say it.

Calling surfpalmcycads you are needed in this thread! It is urgent!

Just some excessive information. When I bought it one of the employees dropped the plant on the cement. The soil went EVERYWHERE. But Idk if this is the cause of those raw spots. I don't think it was as I seem to remember it being their beforehand.
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I'm sure if anyone has the right advise, it'll be surfpalmcycads.
His plant vid shows a whole garden nursery collection of plants.

Your plant looks real unusual to me, but I only know common types. used to keep alot of indoor plants, but living in a dry climate is for different types than I know how to keep.
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OH biggles! SAVE YOURSELF FROM MY DUMB JOKES!-->
mr.bigglesworth said:
Anybody know what a sciatica is?
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it's roots have been deprived of water, wadded up & adapted to compensate for that. SO do not keep it saturated. That mght drown the root system. let it dry out, unless surf gardener says different.
 
I'd wait for the surfin gardener... can you pm people?
 
petspoiler said:
Looks like a job for Super-gardener: surfpalmsncycads.
but I don't think it's dying. Limping, yes. maybe a bit of sciatica, eh.
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:ROFL: This whole thing was awesome! Biggles, you're too funny sometimes...

I assume you were given the name of the plant when you bought it, no? Do your research boy. Without knowing more about the plant itself, odds are we can't help you very much. It may be that you just took home a sick plant that just didn't show until now. Who knows without more information? A name at the very least would be immense help...
 
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