Hi Cactiboi, I'm sorry but I have to disagree w/ Katie's advice on this. I grow a lot of Sans. (not this one tho') & just gave a talk on Sans. earlier this week. Some people feel this type of Sans. is much more sensitive to overwatering than most others. Therefore, I strongly advice AGAINST washing it off w/ water, but DO get it out of that mix & throw that mix out. Start over w/ an unglazed clay pot, using cactus & succulent mix w/ abt 30% more perlite (or pumice if you can get it). If you can't get C&S mix, try a houseplant mix w/out peat if possible. I say NEVEAR wash a succulent plant, that's the last thing it needs. I heard you that these plants were hard to find, but as a general rule, don't buy succulents w/ mushy leaves, they're usually too far gone to save. Must leaves = rot = fatal & deadly. If this were my plant, after I removed it from the existing mix & pot, I'd leave it out unpotted in the open air to dry out more fully, then repot in the mix I suggested in unglazed clay. If you can salvage a single healthy leaf, you might try starting a new one just from the leaf, tho' I don't know if it will retain its golden stripe(s), likely not. Good luck w/ it.

Alright. So I love my Sans and though I'm no expert, I'm not a newbie either.....or perhaps I am...depends on what the definition of newbie is here. 1. Not sure 2. Looks like Sans. Golden hahnii 3. I think it's Sans. trifasciata laurentii 4&5. Do believe is Sans. cylindrica (I just had my mother buy me one at the garden store 'cause a) she owed me and b) I lost my bid on one a while ago so it made me feel better). 6. Not sure but it's bright. o_O 7&8. A Sans hahnii. 9. I think I'll call this one your leafy friend. Anyone have any corrections or names to fill in the blanks, of course, chip in. I'd love to learn too. Sans are just fascinating!

For anyone interested I finally separated these hahnii. When I broke them apart the Golden hahnii that produced the hahnii solid gold was connected to the outer hahnii Seibert. The second Golden hahnii came from the first Golden hahnii and the center hahnii Seibert came from the outer hahnii Seibert. I left the two Seibert connected in a pot and separated the Golden Hahnii in two pots.

I wasn't complainin' Stush, just curious about arrival. Not a big deal and I hope that work slacks off a bit so you can enjoy your plants. Hopefully this one will do better than the last, warm weather coming on will certainly help with that. Chris, these yellow Xanadu's are not the strong growers that the green ones are and they definitely don't like being transplanted. I found two tiny little ones that I thought I lost, they might be big enough to send toward the end of the summer if you want to try one. Just remind me. Russ