Have I killed this?

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I have this lovely wee plant and it has been extremely happy for some time. I re-potted it maybe 9 months ago and it was great - grew masses and flowered away.

More recently it just seems miserable. I water it but it always seems flaccid. It did flower a few weeks ago but the flowers died away. It’s root look weak. Does it just need re-potted again or is it sick?

It’s a Christmas Cactus. They tend to only flower once a year, usually in Autumn to spring.
They grow naturally on the forest floor and don’t like it too hot or in direct sun. Mine do well on a light North facing window sill.
It’s in its dormant stage, so don’t overwater. I let my soil dry out completely and then give enough water to make it damp.

Thanks bee. I have been doing some reading up and think it has probably been overwatered and maybe didn’t like where it was living. It was in the bathroom next to the orchid where it had seemed very happy up until fairly recently

I have popped it in some nice fresh soul and put it on a shady, cooler windowsill to see if that helps it out a bit. I also took a wee cutting and have potted that on so fingers crossed it feels a bit happier.

That's actually looking quite good for this time of year.Bee I thought they were epiphytes, ie growing on trees (in accumulations of leaf litter in angles of branches) rather than on the forest floor? But that doesn't alter the basic fact, that they can cope in lower light conditions, and they don't enjoy being waterlogged. And being succulent, they can cope with drought, but will of course go floppy as they lose the water in their "leaves" (the "leaves" are actually stems, they've done away with leaves.)

Thanks for the reassurance. Daft how attached you can get to plants really. I have no idea where this even came from.

Fingers crossed a shadier spot and some fresh compost will cheer it up a bit