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Succulents have a particular pattern of growth; they puff up like a balloon when water and nutrients are plentiful, then they slowly deflate as growth takes place. …

Looks like a Portulaca grandiflora or purslane. Some varieties have deep red flowers, although the flowers are quite variable. Examine the leaves carefully, you should see that they are quite thick, e …

Please examine the white stuff carefully and see if it is crystalline like salt. In a case where the plant has been given too much fertilizer in solution, as the root ball dries out if the concentrati …

This is a houseleek - you can read more about it here. It is quite varied in its appearance as a group of plants, often with a pointed tip to the leaf and with red tinge to the extremity of the leaf. …

See the wikipedia entry for Haworthiopsis attenuata - in the description section there is an attempt to draw a distinction between the two species based on where the tubercles occur on the leaves, alo …

This is Echeveria elegans or Mexican snowball or white Mexican rose. As you can tell from an images search this is a highly variable plant in leaf shape from pointed to blunt to wavy, but they share t …

Probably a variety of Euphorbia milii or crown of thorns plant. Care is easy, just give it a little water now and again and avoid getting it wet. It is native to Madagascar, so will prefer warm condit …

There are bush types of Hoya; try searching for "Hoya bella". You will find it is a green leaf type as opposed to the variegated, but varieties do have red in the flower. Hoya bella makes a basket typ …

One thing to keep in mind with any plant potted compared to the same type of plant planted in open ground is the volume of soil that can act as a "buffer" for heat and moisture. By a buffer I mean ext …

Many succulents/desert type plants are expecting their water and nutrient in short sharp bursts; some get most of their water and food from being either drip/rained on, or absorbed through water accumulating …

Your succulent looks quite normal for a mature plant. The leaves are plump, fat and healthy, showing some of the dusty bloom that they use to protect themselves from intense sunlight. The reddish tips …

Bottom line is that your plant is a quite old senior citizen and probably should be replaced by a younger one. It has done its job to entertain you for years and should be allowed to retire. It has fl …

Many plants will pause before flowering if they do not have enough resources to complete the flowering, seed production and pups or offshoots. The pause could well be the plant manufacturing more food …

Kalanchoe is water and light sensitive. Water only after the root ball has mostly dried out, and in order to produce flowers they need to see short days in winter after which they will produce flowers …

Note the plantlets on the leaf margins. This indicates that it is probably a Kalanchoe, possibly a "Mother of thousands" Bryophyllum daigremontianum or a hybrid Beechleaf Kalanchoe if the leaves are f …