I don't think these are getting enough light. I bought them in an arrangement, but the bowl didn't have a drainage hole, so I re-potted them into this bowl, which I had in the bathroom for a long time, but had since taken the blue pattern off and had started to plant cacti in it, but never completed the arrangement. They are unnamed, other than as "Echeveria". The purple plant had lost its rosette-ness, and got very leggy (etiolated), so I decided to cut the top off and try to save it. I've left the decapitated head on top of the soil, for the cut to heal over, because the soil in the bowl is still quite damp. I took lots of leaves off the bottom part of the plant and have left them in a wooden strawberry box to root. I've also re-potted the plant off the part without the top! Let's see what happens to all the different components and how many of the parts root and flourish!
The silvery plant isn't looking that good anymore, but I didn't want to cut off its head for the time being. I'll see how it goes and if it continues to stretch then I'll cut its head off too!
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