How have you been keeping it, do you keep the Desert Rose inside outside? How much are you watering it?

I have keeping him in now, since the temperature drops really low at night, or before that outside. the previous owner watered it twice a week and I water it only after soil is dry.

If the trunk and the thick roots are firm, it's fine. Just to simplify things, add equal parts perlite in that mix to lighten it up a bit. If you do not have perlite, I strongly suggest putting it back in a smaller pot after that potting material has dried up a bit. The plant itself, if the roots and trunk are firm, will be fine out of the pot in the meantime. The smaller pot will just allow it to dry out faster so it does not stay in wet soil too long.

Adeniums tend to slow down when it is cold (temps below 20C) and they can die if they are wet AND cold at the same time. It's normal for the leaves to turn yellow and drop in winter (they grow back when it's hot).

Hope this helps.

Like Pagen has stated when it’s cold these guys slow down. These guys are big babies when it comes to the cold. I have a handful and mine are all pretty much dormant, they’re holding on to a few leaves, but not enough to water.

Right now all mine look like this guy below.

I would pot yours up in a mix like what Pagen has mentioned, but I use perlite, pumice, and little bit of cactus soil. You can see how little soil is in the mix. Put t next to a warm window and wait till spring or until it warms up to water. I haven’t watered mine for probably around three months. They will get dehydrated and kinda feel squishy, like a firm orange, but they shouldn’t be mushy. Some winters if they still have held onto some foliage I will water them once a month, but no more.

Yours looks normal imo for the time of year🙂.

It being indoors now I would not water it again with the bottom that wet. Let it go dormant. If you want to learn a thing or two watch maria's garden on youtube.

mine has just finished dropping it's leaves. It has not been watered since sometime early Dec.

Yours looks fine. :) In the winter they can be left alone, out of the sun and kept dry.