Hi Nick, I'm in a similar situation... I bought the same plant (Pachyphytum oviferum?), about 3 weeks ago, at the store I was pulling off the rotten leaves and figured I'd take a chance in trying to save it. Once home, I removed the peat moss and repotted into a fast draining mix, it has dropped a few more rotten or "clear" leaves. I have only given it a light drizzle of water in these 3 weeks. Today... All I can do is give them bright light and wait for them to give me a sign like putting out roots in search of water. Only then will I water again.... that is my plan. -Nancy

You can keep them in that container, but you're going to have to be a lot more careful than you would in a more traditional environment. A couple things. - Pink isn't always bad! Quite a few succulents can develop a pink tint around the outer rim of their leaves when they get a lot of sun, however, be careful of beige, brown, black, grey, etc.. The difference between a healthy and happy pink and an unhappy color is pretty obvious when you see it. - The rocks are a dicey move. To keep the container I'd recommend switching the soil to a well draining cactus soil and mixing in some of those small rocks to give it extra drainage. Without a drainage hole in the bottom you're going to have to be extremely careful to not over water, too. - Like Lena said, succulents need really good drainage and air circulation, otherwise they're going to rot. These plants are built to survive droughts (but they are not cacti - under watering can cause harm as well). The way they do this is they suck up and store all the water they possibly can. Too much water means they will bloat up until they pretty much turn to jelly and die. If you lived in an arid environment and payed very close attention to these guys, you could get away with this container, but still probably not worth the headache. - That container is great for other things! Especially if you really like the rocks you could consider putting a big air plant in there (as long as you're good with regular care). While it can be done like this, wouldn't it be more fun to increase your number of plants and give each one a container they'll truly thrive in, without a lot of headache? - Ditto to Lena, again! Looks like Echeveria varieties. Of note, these are ones where some healthy pink / red around the outer leaves might not be bad. The one on the right might be Echeveria Halbingeri and the one on the left might be an Echeveria Huffs Pink or Blue Cloud. These plants especially like full sun (careful of burning from intense afternoon sun, depending on where you live), and if they get enough sun you may notice them turning a healthy rosey around the edges!

Hi, Thank you everyone very much! To answer your questions: - Location: Melbourne, Australia - Sun: this area gets a good half a day of direct sunlight - Water/Drainage: This photo as I mentioned, was taken immediately after it rained, so it looks very wet. It is generally well protected from the rain by the leaves. Yes the rocks and sand and coal (i think perlite is another name) is ⅔ of the pot from the bottom. There are 4 big holes in the bottom of the pot and it drains really well. The plants were growing like crazy in this pot for over a year. And I replanted them 3-4 month ago, adding those rocks and sand. So the drainage issue is unlikely. The roots looked healthy. I could put some more rocks on top to protect it from the rain even more. -Plant type: don't know the name, it certainly looks just like K. luciae pictured above in Crenda's comment. There is a different succulent on the side. The very tall fast growing one. The leaves start to develop these black spots or dried edges and then bubble almost in an acid burn looking manner and die off. Should I trim those effected leaves?

Is the soil wet? If it is (wet), pull the plant/soil out of the pot and expose it to the air. If it's /dry/ then take it to the sink and fill the pot with water and wait for it to run out the bottom. Tell us what it does, does it go around the edges and almost immediately exit the bottom holes or does it seem like it's taking it a while to exit?