@hc mcdole thank you so much for all of the information and the wonderful pictures! Yes, he got them from Kroger! I was shocked as they are nothing like the typical plants I always see there so I went the next day to see what else may be there that he decided to pass over and there was a huge red and green maranta that stopped me in my tracks! It was splayed out in the center of the table and taking most of the space- so other plants were around....and on it. I would have taken it home then but would have needed more space so planed to return after my son's karate class.....well we know how this story goes! It was of course GONE and I was heartbroken yada yada lol but back to the ones my husband did get- the begonia was BEAUTIFUL day one and two as you can see from the pic.....but by the 3rd 4th day before I finally had time to repot it this weeked) it started declining rapidly. I think it was in too went soil for too long. The very tips started to fold down then the leaves started to get darker and soggy looking then crispy one by one. There are a few large leaves that still are darkened like this about halfway, but the smaller leaves were just crispy and barely hanging on. The roots were....okay as far as I could tell during the repot, Im just not sure if it will bounce back from this or not. Im hoping so its a beautiful plant. Would you suggest I do anything in particular?

Looks like you’ve got more Echinocereus grusonii🙂. Yours don’t quite look “normal” and I think it comes down to they‘re just not very happy. When small these golden barrels usually are solitary and don’t pup till mature, but I think your cacti are probably older than they look. I’ve also noticed sometimes when succulents aren’t living their best life they will do weird things😉. I would repot and give them some fertilizer in a couple wks or whenever the lows are consistently staying above 45F. I use Osmacote and it works well. Your Mammillaria elongata I’m pretty sure is the ‘Copper King’ cultivar. I personally don’t like cactus combo pots because I find one will always suffer. Succulents like Echeveria, Graptopetalum, and Sedums do great together in pots because most of them like similar conditions, but imo cactus aren’t really like that. I use to put cactus together in communal pots, but they never really thrived for me. They do better in their own individual pot. I have one combo cactus pot left from a few yrs ago and they’re all doing just ok, but I know if they were by themselves they would be much happier and farther along in their growth. BUT they’re your plants and do what makes you happy🙂. Don’t even get me started on cactus and succulents together in arrangements. They are pretty, but at least one will suffer in a couple months time. I have to keep myself in check because not everybody has plants for the same reason as I do. Some people get them and enjoy them for a little bit and then on to the next. But I grow them because I want them to grow old with me. I want senior citizen succulents when I’m a senior citizen🌵. Anyways I went off on a rant, sorry🙂.

I believe the amount of splash a Hoya gets has to do with the kind of light it gets. It's counterintuitive to me, but it seems like the less direct light mine get, the splashier they CAN be. But understand that the silver flecking is more or less an anomaly and is often not stable. I got a cutting of a nicely flecked Hoya fungii that put out a few splashy leaves then proceeded to stop. I keep watching and hoping for more of the splashy leaves! Denise in Omaha

"Maybe it's not planted in the right location?" Always possible :-) Unless a dwarf form, these get a lot bigger than might be expected. But it can be pruned....just that now is not a good time to do so. Wait until late winter or very early next spring. And don't cut back into bare wood.