When cuttings are rooted and grown on to become respectable plants, what are the general characteristics of the plant shape if left un-trimmed. Since a fat caudex is unlikely to be produced, will the Adenium cutting start to look like a thick, succulent, Jade Tree/Crassula stem? Has anyone ever split a cutting vertically, down the middle for an inch or two, and then wedged/spread the two sections/legs near the bottom, apart, so that a flaring base is made...then rooted the cuttings? This is a "bonsai trick" that's used to help create taper in straight, non-tapered, cuttings. I've seen fat cuttings split into three, or more sections, and then wedged open, and each section will then strike roots, and create a widely spreading, buttressed root-base. Just wondering. Frank

Yes, you can. I start my cuttings in sand and perilite, sitting in a dish of water.

The rooting hormone will speed up the rooting process... with a 0.1-0.3% IBA the rooting of mandevilla cuttings take 20-70 daysto root in soil......to root in water expect the process to take 3 months or more to root & many of the cuttings will rot if left in water that long.

Lady, don't cut it - just let it grow. The most important thing is to let it adjust to the light difference GRADUALLY so it doesn't burn and thus die back. I wouldn't change the pot just now - let it get adjusted to the outdoors, water it well, then buy a pot just FOUR INCHES bigger in diameter. W hen you take it out of the pot it's in now, DON'T disturb the root ball - plant it gently, and it will not even realize it's been repotted. Water it well with some vitamin B water, and it will be happy!