Wow, a lot to comment on. I'll address a couple of your questions/plants. You were very brave, and did a great job wacking your jade back to a leafless form. It looks like it is growing well. In the spring, re-examine it and perhaps remove some of the new growth leaving only branches growing in the direction you want. The Black Prince may have been a little over-watered, but it looks good in your photo. Leaf resorption of the lowest leaves on the plant is normal, especially this time of year. The plant is shedding old leaves, and growing new ones fast. Don't worry about this unless the leaves turn yellow, and somewhat translucent, but are still plump. This is rot, and immediate action will be necessary to save the plant. I don't think you have this problem now. Be careful about removing too many of the leaves. Only those that come free without any struggle at all should be removed. It will tolerate a lot of watering (or rain) during the winter. I have several living outside in the cold and rain blooming their heads off. 'Black Prince' is a mealy bug magnet, keep a eye out for the little white buggers. :) Echeveria 'Black Prince' is a cultivar. The 'molded wax' plant is Echeveria agavoides, a species. There are many cultivars, or variants of this plant, and also many hybrids. Yes, the small roots are Extremely delicate. Do not try to move the leaf start at all. You can bury the lower part of the rooted leaf a little by dropping pinches of soil from above. Your picture looks very odd for a couple of reasons. The lowest part of the leaf (where it was attached to the stem) is where roots will emerge. New plant(s) will emerge above this point in a small cluster of compact leaves. Your stemmed new growth looks odd. Also, agavoides has pointed, triangular leaves, and it looks has though your start is growing roots and a new stem from the narrow end, not the wider base. Could you show a better picture of the leaf and new growth? Yes, you can water 'winter growers' in the fall and early spring, but the usual "water only when dry' rule still applies. Winter growers actually grow in the autumn and spring, but not so much in the dead of winter depending on the environment. Hope that helps. Brad

I am assuming you bought the C&S soil from Amazon, so it is quite new. In that case, you can use it, adding lots of pumice. Many use it mixed 50/50. You could keep that decorative pot (cache pot) if you like it. The problem with those is that they fit (usually) very tight, not allowing any air circulation, sometimes creating sweating-too much humidity and moisture. But if you were to leave the inner (plastic) pot out of it for a day or two after watering, it may work. Make sure there is never any standing water in these cache (decorative) pots. If any of the pots are without drainage holes, either change them or drill some holes in them. Slots (if I am correct about what you call slots) are most likely not enough for good drainage. Your Mexican giant is apparently Echeveria colorata 'Mexican Giant' - it is supposedly slow grower. The powdery coating is most attractive (probably more than some other succulents), so just try not to touch new leaves much (not easy to do!) Difficult to say exactly why it is leaning: it may be that was 'squished' much in the box; it could have been growing that way since it was leaning towards the light source; the worse would be if the stem is rotting - you would probably already noticed. Make sure they are healthy, if any roots are damaged or rotting, they should be cut off. Prop it lightly with a bigger rock (similar to photo below) and make sure it gets good light - if needed, rotate the pot 1/4 turn every few days: Many succulents propagate from leaves easily - I have no idea about this one. You can try - & let us know...

So I did some research myself and I think the last two are Echeveria Black Prince, and Echeveria Lola. The black prince though seems to have a lighter color than expected, so I need to place it with lots of light. The first one I think is a sedum, but not yet figured out which species.

Looks like an Echeveria of some kind. Someone else might be able to be more specific. I guess the discoloration on the leaves your referred to is the parts missing the farina. Is is also known as epicuticular wax. Having the wax on the leaves is normal. Unfortunately after it is rubbed off it doesn't grow back. Rubbing off the wax really doesn't hurt the plant though the wax does help protect the leaves from excessive sunlight and moisture. The leaves might look less aesthetically pleasing but, basically, don't worry about it. Edit: fixed a couple things.