It could be caudex rot. Especially if there's no water uptake and growth has stopped.

To find out, I would cut away a small piece of the root from below. Anything brown/dark brown tissue is rot. If that's the case, cut away the rotting tissue and continue until you see healthy tissue (with no visible brown spots, discolouration etc). When you do, remove some of the healthy tissue just to make sure. And REMEMBER: clean and disinfect your scalpel or knife with alcohol between each use. Cut, clean, cut, clean and so on...

I would do exactly as Martin has stated myself, if it where my plant. Let us know how you make out, Alma.

Rick

So if I find anything healthy, do I use a combo of cinnamon and root hormone?

And to speed up growth of roots, apply bottom heat. Bottom heat is really helpful when rooting cuttings but all adeniums love it. ;-)

Thank you. Good to know on the pots. I was only giving them about 1/2 cup of water for the larger pots like that. Before I found this forum, I was told to put them in their forever pot, if there is such a thing.

Thank you Martin and Rick for your words of advice

I'm sorry Alma. :-(

Tyler

Man, I have mentioned it before. I wish I could send some of my plants down to you Alma, Tyler or many here. Maybe one day the Phyto's from US will become cheaper.

Sorry to here of it having so much rot, Alma.

Rick

Aww, that's a sweet thought, thank you, Rick!

Yes. A very sweet thought. Thank you, Rick. I really appreciate it. I have emotionally recovered from my unfortunate incident. The only one I've lost (so far, knock on wood) was not even from that shipment and my own fault, to boot. Part of the learning process. Including the 10 seedlings from the seeds that I sowed in August, I have 22 adenium total. More than enough to keep me busy. Additionally, the advice you and other forum members have provided to us newbies has proven to be invaluable.

Thank you for your generosity.

Tyler

Oh, Alma!! So sorry you lost that one!! Please still try to root the grafted portion. Cut away to clean white tissue & scrape off some of the outer green at the very bottom, allow to dry a week, wet & dust with rooting hormone, and place in moistened (but not overly wet) substrate. Keep out of direct sunlight and only lightly mist once a week. Keeping my fingers crossed for roots, which can take up to two months. If they take, you can try grafting onto another strong plant in the future. If they don't take, at least you know you tried.

I have one from cutting that is now 4 years old and it's got a pretty nice root system & canopy going, thanks to Rick, Martin, & Stuart. I'll unveil it under a separate thread next month when I re-pot ... It's currently trying to break through it's current 8" plastic nursery pot, which officially looks "lumpy" now!! See why I use nursery pots?

I am keeping my fingers crossed for great germination and quick growth on the new KO seeds. We now officially have the start of an adenium garden with a great variety of blooms. I can't wait to see what these next couple of years have in store for us all ... Fantabulous roots / beaustacular blooms is my hope for all.

Maria Elena

Too late, I threw it in the trash on Saturday. Still dark above the graft