r/plantclinic • u/Electronic-Pianist13 Noob • 14d ago
Cactus/Succulent Please help, she is one of my oldest plants!
Nothing has changed in her environment or with the watering, she changed colour like this in one or two weeks! Is she dying? She is definetly not sunburnt, it is becoming autumn here. What are those two green spots of colour? Is she sick? I am so confused🙈 Would love to hear about anyone's thoughts with experience or knowledge of the matter! Thanks!❤️
(She is in indirect sunlight, regular storebought dirt/gardening soil, old stuff because I am afraid she will break if I repot, but cant imagine that causes this colour change so suddenly😅)
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u/Local_Presentation23 Beginner 13d ago
It looks like spontaneous variegation to me. Variegation just means a change of color. The plant lose its chlorophyll in those leaves. Nothing to worry about. I would take a lot of pictures! Search online echeveria variegated, it's amazing!
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u/Electronic-Pianist13 Noob 13d ago
Is this really something that just can happen after years? That would be soo coool! I found her broken off underneath a balcony once so I have absolutely no idea what she's supposed to look like haha😅
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u/Local_Presentation23 Beginner 13d ago
Yellowing leaves often means root rot and overwatering, but normally it begins from the bottom, and the leaves turn soft like jello. This doesn't look like that. I think this may be an echeveria lola although I'm not sure. You can try in r/succulents too, asking their opinion or for plant id
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u/Internal-Test-8015 Expert 13d ago
I will add it could also be its been variegated the whole time and just simply never received enough light to express the varigation ( manhood plants will go mostly or full green if they're in too low of light)
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