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Snapdragon0305 said: My Aristaloe aristata seems to have rotted from excess water, but it has been watered fairly infrequently (soil is fully dry before I water it). It was an indoor plant with room temp around 70 F. This was also one of three plants that I bought from Costco (same kind of pot), all of which died in seemingly the same way. Does anyone know if it should have been watered more infrequently, or if better drainage is needed? I wish to avoid this problem in the future.

Did you repot it or check the condition of the roots and media, when you first got them? Sometimes, some sellers are using too much peat moss for the succulents..and that is not quite a good media for most succulents. So oftentimes, I am inclined to think maybe the media was already too moisture retentive, or the other way around, when conditions are already too hot, if intervals in watering is way too long, it may kill off the roots and push the plant to semi dormancy. So even if watered, it will not respond well. May wait for cooler conditions to perk up.