I think your plants look pretty good. Color, leaf position, overall shape, etc. are normal. Echeveria and Dudleya have stems that keep getting thicker to a certain point, then grow longer, but not thicker. Over several years, the stem can start to decrease in diameter and the head size will shrink. This tells you it's time for beheading so that the plant can create a new stem. The beheaded stem will branch, leaving you with more plants. Optimal time for beheading these plants in the Bay area is late February because you'll get more pups in early Spring. I would recommend cleaning out the old dessicated leaves because that can give mealies a good place to hide. A mealy bug infestation could result in a plant failing to thrive. My Dudleyas had a severe mealy bug attack last winter that I didn't catch in time and I'm still nursing the survivors back to health. Brad

Depending on your conditions it can take a week or longer. Be careful not to over-water it, and be patient. Make sure it's in a warm place! Ideal conditions (such as a commercial greenhouse) can make them come up in a week.. a home setting will probably take longer.

@ Rina lovely plants!! :) Hi again guys! I live in the Philippines. Manila is usually hot, with an average temperature of 30°C (85°F). I have photos of my room below and the current state of my plant dishes :) Dish A: - i removed the majority of the small microscopic pebbles (i still need more of the new bigger ones, ran out) and replaced it with this dressing, (is this chicken grit???) - i also removed the zebra plant and placed it on a different dish. is this group okay? :) - i watered this dish for the first time after 2 weeks since i repotted the plants. i only spritzed them last week when i posted this thread. for watering, i followed the tips here: http://www.succulentsandsunshine.com/how-to-water-succulent-plants/3/ - A lot of the Sedum's leaves have fallen off. however, i noticed these small buds. Is it growing back or is it dying? i don't know Dish B: This larger dish is still a work in progress. I left a small portion of the pot for propagating since i don't have any extra pots yet. I placed the zebra plant here and got a new Echeveria. i made sure that the leaves don't touch the soil. will this group be okay? will the plant varieties live well together? :) this is a close-up photo of the potting mix i am using. will this do? how about the leaves i'm planning to propagate? will the shriveled ones die? that baby cactus has roots btw :) i spritzed these babies before i left for the weekend. This is a photo of my window. My room window leads out to our laundry area, which has a bunch of windows that leads outdoors, in front of our neighbor's roof hahaha my room is in the second floor :) it gets stifling hot inside my room during daytime, especially noon. and i get lots of indirect sunlight. will this be okay for my plants? i'm usually out for work during the daytime, i don't want to leave them in the laundry area because sometimes when it rains, water gets in from the windows and i'm afraid they would get soaked and i'd have to deal with overwatered succs again. we're actually having rainshowers this week, but still lots of sun. i left them like this, and i wont be back after 2 days. i hope they will be okay! Thanks again everyone! :)

Dead as in browning or yellowing tips? How quickly does this come into the leaves? Could be so many things. My first steps to this issue would be check the roots, make sure there’s no rot or fungus. If so, remove the diseased parts, wash The plant clean under running water, and repot in dry soil (don’t water for a few days). Make sure that plant isn’t getting too much direct sun, some Calathea sunburn easy. They are very very picky, because their leaves are paper thin. Is it sitting too close to your window? How often do you water? over and underwatering show up most of the time as yellowing leaves, but overwatering can lead to root rot. Mid none of these are the issue I recommend puttig up pictures. Actually, put me up anyways for more specific and precise advice