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Posted 3M ago by @BEsucculent

I had my first tragedy today. My painted Echevarria kicke...

I had my first tragedy today. My painted Echevarria kicked the bucket. I have two that I got at the same time ( by mistake) and treated the same way and one of them is thriving. The other one acted like it was overwatered and withered away. Strangely enough, the soil smelled clean and the roots had spread throughout. οΏΌ But the stem was dry and shriveled. I was able to salvage most of the leaves, some of them coming off clean. I think I can root those and I’m gonna try to root the ones that had shriveled at the location of the meristem. So in the future, I may have quite a bunch of little ones. One should always β€œlook on the bright side of life”. #succulents #succulentlove #echeveria #thewateringhole
20ft to light, direct
3” pot with drainage
Last watered 2 weeks ago
Succulents mystify me, but I keep trying!
🎢 Just purse your lips and whistle,
That’s the thing.
And,
Always look on the bright side of life! 🎡

What a mystery πŸ€·β€β™€οΈ Wishing you a successful prop and restart! Now I have a movie to go rewatch that I haven’t seen in years.
@DreamMachine what movie? I’m a buff!
@BEsucculent I thought you were quoting it with β€˜always look on the bright side of life’ πŸ˜… It’s Monty Python’s Life of Brian.
@DreamMachine soooooo gooood! And I was quoting it. It’s also my alarm music I wake to. Either that or Rocky Racoon.
@MamaLinne you’re pretty darn good at it. I’ve always liked to try challenges although I find all plants pretty challenging. οΏΌοΏΌ
@BEsucculent that is AWESOME πŸ‘πŸΌ πŸ˜‚πŸ₯°
@slayonium so I’ve learned.
@BEsucculent @DreamMachine "Life's a piece of sh*t, when you look at it!" ...my favorite line from the Monty Python song πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚
@stephonicle πŸ˜‚ which leads into my other favorite;
β€œYou’ll see it’s all a show,
Keep em laughing as you go,
Just remember that the last laugh is on you!”

And thank you Barabara, @BEsucculent I’ve had both This and Rocky raccoon playing non stop in my head all evening! πŸ˜…
@DreamMachine it’s a bit of a happy brainworm with me.
@BEsucculent same. Never fails to put a smile on my face ☺️
@BEsucculent well, it WAS a brain worm just this morning, but I have suddenly switched over to House of the Rising Sun spontaneously πŸ˜„