Quick stop at my succulent dealer before a date at the botanical gardens. Thought nothing of leaving these guys in my car for a few hours, okay turned out to be like 4.5 hours. But it wasn't THAT hot, upper 70s. I think these 2 got cooked.
The one pleiospilos leaf seems like its rotting but the rest is fine. The lapidaria has 2 leaves that are squishy and yellow (see second pic right after I pulled them from the car, it was oozing yellow from these leaves, whyyy) the wrinkly leaves are hard and don't seem rotting.
Should I leave them be or cut off any of the leaves?
by rawrimawombat_
3 Comments
Let them die off on their own, it will all
Bounce back
Yeah, it can get really hot in a car, that’s why you don’t leave pets or babies in them.
I also have cooked plants (more than once) in much less time than you describe.
It’s not a good prognosis! Mesembs can take a while before they show signs of burning too so they might not be as bad as they can get yet.
They are super sensitive to burning and I imagine heat shock extreme enough to make noticeable wrinkles in them might be a bad sign.
All you can do is play the waiting game tho! I have seen them recover from worse.
I’d take them out of their pots and check their root systems because I would be afraid that those are cooked and might start rotting and the rot might spread.
Good luck OP!