Hi Mike, I'm no expert, but I did rescue a few adeniums this fall from wal-mart that had top rot. I think it can be caused by something as simple as having moisture sit on the trunk when they are in a cool room, I don't really know - however, I cut it out of mine as you did, and they made full recoveries, so i don't think you need to worry. However, I think you should take them out of the cool room - from what I understand it is not essential for Adenium (obesum at least, if that is what you have) to go dormant, and in places like florida or thialand they generally dont, though they may take a month or two off from flowering and full leaf. If you have a warm sunny location they can sit in, put them there, and go ahead and water when the soil is dry - especially if they are just seedlings. If you do want it to go dormant, I think yours is big enough that it could handle no water while in a cool room - mine that are always thirsty still look like bean-sprouts... either way you want to go, cool and dry, or hot and moist :) If you do hot and moist leaves will reappear very soon, adeniums just seem to worry when they get moved, or spend time without light, and drop all their leaves just in case dormancy is necessary ;) anyway, my long-winded 2cents, hopefully an expert comes along to give better advice :) Best of luck - keep us posted! -Willow

Jerry- I have been to the Bruce website. Can't find the specific line of engineered w/ beveled edges. Do you know the name of their line? Thanks. I used to have a Kahrs engineered floor Linnea I believe. It was so slippery and felt/looked like a sheet of glass. That's one of the reasons I wanted some kind of bevel anyway. I thought the old style traditional wood strips were not square edged. So I'm a little confused. Thanks everyone for all the responses. I found out that the floor in question is white oak selct. Not sure what the select means or where I can buy something like this.

I don't know what is causing that. Maybe bug nibbles? But I do know a little about aeoniums. How often are you watering, what kind of potting mix are they in, and does the pot have a hole? Just remember, if you are in the Northern Hemisphere, they are going dormant now, for the summer, and so will need a lot less water.

You will never find a match, unless you do. My husband inherited some of his parents wedding furniture, it was from the era when the man got a nightstand and the lady got a makeup table. We never used the table because I always like pairs of nightstands. Low and behold a decade later we walked into an antique store and found the identical nightstand- even had similar cigarette burns. $75 bucks and now I have a pair that would never have existed.