r/dorstenia

I have another healthy Dorstenia Gigas so Im not too upset with this second one if it turns out to be a tragedy.

This one had a rot problem when I got it from the seller. I excised the rot and put sulphur powder on it.

I has been recovering and the leaves have perked up in full sun. However, one side of the caudex has yellowed. The entire caudex is FIRM but one side....well. The 1st pic tells the story.

Could it be that the sulphur powder I put where I cut out the rot (dead center) dripped down when water got on the area? Could this be the cause of the yellowing? Im out of ideas.

To reiterate, side of the caudex where the suphur may have dripped down when wet, is turning yellow. As you can see in the second pic, the other side is green and fine. The entire caudex is firm / hard. No softness at all.

Is this thing done for? Ive about had it!

Hoping these look really nice in a few years.

There is so much (mis) information on the net about Dorstenia Gigas care. Some say ONLY indirect light, while others say full on unfiltered sunlight.

Owners, what is your take on this? I have two plants.

The Four Stem one arrived from the seller about a month ago with a BIG chunk of rot in the middle which I removed - I did get a full refund. In learning how to care for these, I first put this 3 inch wide caudex plant into a 7.5 wide shallow terracotta pot. I was told that is too big. So I put it in a smaller pot, as you see. All the while, due to shipping and the many changes, this plant dropped a LOT of leaves. One stem now has NO leaves on it, but the other stems have leaves, some orange.

In the pic you will see the results of me excising the rot, and that part of the plant caudex is now covered with sulphur powder to prevent infection.

The smaller. healthier one which I received 10 days ago, is in a similar sized pot however I noticed its leaves are turning light green. Ive slowly been introducing it sunlight and now it SEEMS to tolerate full sunlight well. Not sure.

Any advice?

2 years' growth comparison. When I got it it was 27" tall in a 12" pot. Now it is 43" tall planted in an 18" pot.

Took them out of a bigger pot at the suggestion of someone and wonder, is this size ok?

A month ago I got a D.G. from a seller in Hawaii. It had HUGE rotten spot in the middle which I didnt find until weeks later. I cut out the rot but made a few mistakes:

1. Before I even found the rot, I put the plant in direct sunlight from like 11am to 15:00. Thereafter, the leaves quickly turned orange and fell off. As you can see in the first pic, there arent many leaves and one branch has only ONE ORANGE leaf left.
2. Substrate is akin to what Cacti like: VERY fast draining, and while it has some organic parts, not enough to cause root rot - very minimal

Loving the species, I bought a healthier plant at a cheaper price. Repotted it when it arrived and placed it in indirect sun. What I noticed over the past few days is, a few leaves are turning LIME GREEN, that is, a much lighter shade than what I call "plant leaf green." Is it getting TOO LITTLE sun?

Any advice on these things is appreciated!

Recently my foetida starts to develop lots of seeds on multiple flowers. At the same time tho it starts to shed leaves (and flowers are also turning yellow).

GPT says it's a natural reallocation of energy for seeding and I also confirmed that it is still rock solid on the trunk.

Is it okay?

Pretty new to dorstenia (don’t even know which kind I have), but just wondering if the reddish hue is from too much light or too little water, or something else entirely.