Ok a picture says a thousand words first you need to decide which you prefer blooms or plant?. Now your plant is VERY dehydrated from root rot and its putting all its energy into the blooms.if this plant was mine, I would cut both bloom spikes(hard I know). Remove it from its pot trim all dead and mushy roots spray the entire plant with hydrogen peroxide let it DRY and then repot into fresh bark mix maybe to a smaller pot since most of the roots are rotted. Place in a less light area. Water once a week and give it some time to bounce bk. I think because the media went bad you develope a fungal infection you may still need to treat it so the phyton 27 can be used acording to instruction. Phals are really hardy so I think in time it will bounce bk. You can put the bloom in water to enjoy. That's what I would do. Hopefully someone else will advise you. Good luck and I hope your BD gift gets better soon. VELLETA.

David It will not grow a new leaf exactly in same spot where the old one was, it will leave a 'bump' on the stem (you can see some 'bumps' on the stem, where leaves fell off, in the photo I posted); but new leaves could grow anywhere on the stump - below, above or next to where previous leaf was. I think plant decides on that... If you keeping it inside over the winter & can keep outside in warm enough weather (like now), make sure you first put it in shadier spot & slowly move into more & more sun. It will grow more compact in full sun, have better coloration. Not sure if it will flower, I never had any blooms on mine (own it for abt. 5yrs.-I think they don't bloom that often, maybe in their natural habitat). If needs to be inside, put it in sunniest window you have available. Can you post photo of your plant? Rina This post was edited by rina_ on Fri, Jun 13, 14 at 8:10

It is true that there is lots of conflicting info available. If one wans to grow plants successfully and for long time, they needs good growing conditions. Roots of succulents need some air exchange too, and that is limited in a pot that doesn't 'breathe' and doesn't have drainage holes. Air circulation is further limited by plant being so low inside of the container. That could also cause stale humidity, and succulents in general do not like humidity. These problems may be quite small and not readily visible, but they all add up. They do need water when they need it - not 5,6 drops, that is like 'teasing' - and should be watered thoroughly. In proper substrate and drainage, they should be watered well and then again when substrate is almost completely dry. Water stored inside of appropriate substrates will be slowly released, and excess drains out. They usually recover from underwatering better than overwatering. Underwatering could cause roots to dry up and die, but with proper care roots will regrow. Overwatering will cause different damage to roots and rest of the plant - rot. Plant that is rotting needs to have rotting parts cut off before it is too late. Last paragraph is a good summary. While your plant may not die immediately - it could last for quite a while, it is not getting proper growing conditions that would make it grow much better. I can't tell what plant it is. Because of etiolation, it is skinny, weak and color is probably 'off' too. Even young plants should look better if grown in proper conditions. Here are few young plantlets grown from leaves - very small, but of proper color and much more compact: You can grow plants in any container and any 'soil' you wish...but you asked for suggestions/helpful hints, and as you can see, they are all similar. Would you mind showing some of the other succulents you have?

I am thinking it may be oedema - plant taking in more water than it can transpire. It is in wrong container - glass that most likely doesn't have drainage) and is potted too low inside of container. I am big fan of top-dressing, but think you may have overdone it in this case. What kind of soil is it potted in? ETA: I just noticed that you posted on C&S forum where there are couple of more answers: HERE