sigh. still no miracle.

Last night I actually dreamt of an uncurling, bright green little shoot. This morning, no dice.

Sadness

More Sadness

In better news, an impulse buy from Whole Foods seems to be doing a lot better. As I was checking out one morning maybe three weeks ago I spotted this lovely little plant.

What's my real name?

I have a soft spot for succulents – they are so hardy and their fat little leaves are fun to squeeze – but I left this guy in his original pot too long. Even with the prescribed watering and lots of sun, he started wilting in a major way and this weird brown scaliness appeared on his leaves. I decided it was time to repot and prune him. Saturday, before my sowing bonanza, I placed him in this pot that I found in my backyard. I then used some shears to snip off his sorriest looking petals(?). It seems he’s healing up pretty well.

His stumps - on the mend

One weird thing though – it was called a “Desert Rose” when I purchased it, but then when I tried to figure out more about it’s care, I discovered that everyone except for cheesy florists calls some other plant the Desert Rose. So what is this guy’s real name? Anybody care to identify my succulent?

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