Beginner Gardening: Unhappy little plant, 1 by jvw

jvw wrote:
I don't know what this plant is. I have asked for help in the Plant ID forum.

But it has three problems. First it has a white powdery coating (mildew??). Two weeks ago I used a qtip with rubbing alchohol and cleaned all surfaces. But the white powdery coating is back.

Second problem is the larger leaves are starting to curl up.

Third, center surfaces on the older leaves are getting a bronze scaley coating and then the leaves turn black and die.

I had been letting the soil dry out before watering. But maybe this is the wrong thing to do. The plants seems more on the succulant side though.

Also, I keep it in a north facing window, plenty of indirect light.

Last year around this time it was much smaller but bloomed with little rose colored flowers. Not this year, no buds or anything.

Thanks for any help
Jennifer