No problem, happy to help! That pot size looks fine, as long as it has a drainage hole in the bottom.
Calamades
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They're Echeveria. Apps like PlantNet can take a photo and then give general ID through crowdsourced image matching. I'm no good with echi species, but these are certainly not Sempervivum as the below poster said.
Gorgeous! Crassula Buddha's temple is one of my favorites. Mine are shooting out pups like crazy right now!
I would definitely repot it right away. The stress of repotting will be less than the stress of dying from root rot. Plus repotting new plants ASAP is to me pretty important so I can check root condition as well as get rid of any potential invasives in the nursery soil.
Get it into appropriate soil. Unfortunately, "succulent soil" sold out of a bag is actually almost invariably inappropriate for most succulents. They want freely draining substrate with just a small amount of organic matter. So a mix of 70% pumice, lava rock, perlite, chicken grit, fine penbles, etc and 30% organic soil (peat, coco coir, gardening soil).
Echeverias are VERY light hungry. If possible, gradually accumulate it to direct (outside in full sun) or strong indirect (in front of a south facing window) light. And I do mean gradually, giving slightly more light a day over a several week period, as plants can sunburn and it is generally permanent or fatal.
Echis hate having wet feet and only need watering every couple of weeks, but this one looks like it could use a good drink.
Good for you for rescuing it. Several of my favorite plants have a similar backstory.
Oh, I just got a bunch of plants from them! They're super nice. I'll check back. Thanks!
Stunning specimen! I don't think I've ever seen this before, do you remember where you got it? Is it slow growing? Half of my cooperis seem like they never want to grow.
No problem! You can use an app like PlantNet to take pictures of your plants to ID them. It's not always super accurate as it uses crowdsourced data, but it can give you a ballpark to start looking at.
Yess! I'll reinstall Imgur, I uninstalled it figuring I wouldn't use it anymore lol. I have so many great plamps to share. Thanks for the tip. I'll pass the word around my succ discords that we're here now.
The one on the left is Crassula arborescens ssp. undulatifolia, common name ripple jade. One of my favorites!
Thanks! I just joined Lemmy and this was the first thing I looked for. Have to figure out how to post pictures but I'm excited to share my collection here!)
I collect special interests, usually related generally to weird history and hobbies. Currently my obsessions are M/M historical romance novels (I've read/listened to ~60 this year so far), knitting lace shawls, and succulents, but only two specific genuses (Haworthia and Crassula). These things take up all my non-work waking hours and most of my waking thoughts.