Hello plantclinic! I hope you find this question worthy of your expertise.
I purchased this snake plant from a grocery store last June 2025. The first photo is how it looked when I brought it home. The grocery store had over-watered it, and it took a long time for the soil to dry out. I repotted it about a month after I bought it using a porous ceramic pot and cactus soil, but didn't remove the soil from around the roots very much (I don't really know what I'm doing so I get scared to mess with the roots when repotting.)
The second two photos are how the plant looks now, end of April 2026. It's in a south-facing window, and lives closer to the window than is shown in the photos (I just moved it so you could see it better.)
As you can hopefully see, the plant on the right has grown quite a bit and is putting out little leaves at the bottom. But the plant on the left hasn't changed at all and has a much duller, less vibrant appearance. Is it even alive? I'm wondering if I should remove it from the pot.
Thank you for your help! Let me know if you need any more information.