hi workingant! thanks for sharing all those pics. your plants look great. very healthy and happy. that first plant is: Portulacaria afra (common name Elephant Bush, though it has many other names) it's a great plant to add to your collection. fairly hardy and grows fast. more info: http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.azarboretum.org/plantlist/Portulacaria_afra.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.azarboretum.org/plantlist/dwarfjade.htm&usg=__2hqBLC_y-jCYrFOQdSjaUrxDWSk=&h=300&w=300&sz=26&hl=en&start=7&um=1&tbnid=Tbg0SEIzTGF2oM:&tbnh=116&tbnw=116&prev=/images%3Fq%3Delephant%2Bbush%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26um%3D1 and regarding your Haworthia attenuata, i would wait for the roots to dry and place the plant in pure pumice or perlite. wait for about 3 weeks and start watering it every other week. keep it in the shade but not somewhere wet. hopefully it'll root. but other more experienced people on here will give you better advice. good luck! Bri.

I have one just like yours (H. fasciata). I believe it turned darker from being in the sun. Mine are always in full sun, but it doesn't get very hot here. Theyprobably would like some shade, but I don't have any! Some plants turn brown or red, but these guys go darker green. I have new pups growing out too. I did go take a look at mine & found it to be wobbly as well. For me, think I found the problem...ANTS...have made their home in it! :( I'll be fixing it up pronto! Do check your roots to see if they are firm (not mushy or rot started) & amend your soil as suggested by Karen above. Yes, I'd say firm it in...after you've checked & amended.

Some perlite is visible in the soil plant came in. It would be better to add more. Because of it's size, it will improve drainage and allows some air to the roots. It doesn't retain much water, and what it does is slowly released to plants but doesn't stay in the soil. Peat is very fine, and it will just compact if wet. Or, if left to dry up too much (in effort to avoid too much wetness), it becomes very easily hydrophobic. In that state it actually repels water, so plants roots do not get any, regardless how much you water. If you were to buy soil, try to find a bag of Cactus and Succulent soil. Also get a bag of perlite and mix them as suggested. If you don't want/need to buy soil, you could use existing. But that is not ideal, it looks very peaty. Definitely get bag of perlite and mix lots of it with soil. Check how wet the mix is deep inside using bamboo skewer or chopstick or even pencil. Water when stick comes out clean and dry. there are other substrates that are great to use to make well draining mix, but if you have just 1 or very few plants, could be bit more "complicated" - some are not so readily available, some best if bought in bulk and so on.

Thanks for the advice everyone. Yeah, I guess I couldn't figure out the directions on the back of the Neem oil, it didn't say to dilute it for some reason. I definitely should have checked online first. I did plant it in a much larger (about 5+ gallon) pot the day I got it, and put it out in the yard. At the very least, I contacted the seller about the plant's condition and they give me some advice as well, and said there's a 1-year warranty where they'll replace it if it dies. So hopefully it survives, but I'm not as worried now. Thanks for the help.