Well- it's hot and humid again today. 92, feels like 98 with 60% humidity. I'm sure my jades are enjoying it as much as I am - not much - but I guess that's called summer. I may have been impatient with the plant I had previously checked and repotted. It does have a couple of new roots starting. The other ailing plant did not appear to have any! Both are in smaller pots and are relaxing in bright shade. I think I can move them inside by an east window, but I'll have to check the light since those windows are recessed about a foot and will be getting hurricane shutters put on them soon. My south windows get too hot. They are in a 1-1-1 mix of turface, fir bark and perlite - all sifted and washed. So now I'll leave them alone and hope for the best! Thanks for the help!

Thanks Marguerite! I'm hoping that the tricolor's older age will help it be more vigorous than my young tricolors. Time will tell its growth rate. I feel very lucky to have it come my way. Ez - Yeah, going to enjoy it as is for now. I really don't know much at all on the art of bonsai, so I do appreciate you and Brad mentioning the critique of it. Thanks! Even though I doubt I'd cut the old lower branches, maybe it will help me on another jade's form. I just think I'd trim any odd growth.. but many days of morning coffee before that happens. Thanks Grace - Haaaa! Ohh my goodness, why am I imagining a cat fight? LOL!! Thanks Erica, me too, I love its old trunk... it has character. None of my jades have been manicured for bonsai either. I barely trim them... I will have to in the Spring though for the ones that get leggy like Crosby Compact.

Thanks everyone! Seems like there is an okay chance the whole plant won't go down the same way as that branch/stem. My hypothesis is that it's sensitive to changes in its watering schedule. The first cutting I had was 3-4 leaves in extremely wet peaty soil, after repotting to granite/perlite/floor dry, that one shriveled up within a week. (After seeing rina's experiences, maybe it was just a living dead). For this one, I watered it a little late... Nicholas- That makes sense, I will probably rot it if I suddenly drown the semi-dead roots with tons of water. I'll try to figure out what moderate water it needs (e.g. pour it near the affected stem or not). I see why you're guessing fungal, this plant did come with some iffy brown spots that I ignored after I didn't see them spread/didn't see any creepy crawlies but who knows...I should make sure they actually are not spreading.. Christopher- That's a smart move, this is my second try at the tricolor...Not sure I can bear this one shriveling up on me as well..or rotting..ugh. Especially after it was making all this nice new growth. Fine line between neglect and too much neglect. I feel like nurseries with the gigantic potted specimens hardly take care of theirs... Oo that reminds me of this one I saw in NJ: rina- That is just really cool, I did not know this jade could continue to do so well after falling off. I do still have 4-5 leaves from my first try and they are technically still alive. Two of them (with a short stem) have rooted, the other (stemless leaves) ones are getting pinker...but not dead yet. It's intriguing to see in your first pic that it grew roots even though you didn't tuck it into the mix, and your mix is gritty too. I think I remember you said you don't really spray your cuttings either. Did you water/avoid watering that semi-shriveled cutting? I can't believe that stem budded in your second pic...that gives me a lot of hope. Sorry, many questions..! What is RH? (Room heat?...I know I'm going to feel silly once I find out the answer,) Do you continue to water with that method (until water comes out) even in winter with central heating on? kevin- But it's cool isn't it to see the new set of lithops leaves emerge from under. Very cycle of life/renewal.. When you say your older leaves drop first, did you mean your older tricolor jades leaves become crystallized/shriveled/absorbed first? Not that they also fell off like mine did? Now that I think about it...I don't think I've seen my tricolor absorb any old leaves yet...o_o hmm. My C ovata minor does it, but not the tricolor. That says something...

Lilika It does look like Tricolor, but it seems to be quite dark green. I find Tricolor to grow just a little slower than C. ovata - 'regular' jade, so 2mo doesn't seem to be much problem. I probably jumped the gun wondering if it could be something different...If it was, Margaret and/or Gill would have most likely see it :) If it is getting pink color, it probably is getting enough light. OTOH, I have some small plants, growing from leaves - they were not super fast to start growing, but seem to be growing faster now. And some, that are growing all green, have darker green color, similar to your plant. I am not sure if you can tell difference in size; top photo is Dec. 2/2017 and bottom today, Jan. 16/2018 - so just about 6weeks growth time:IIRC, these were started end of June or very beg. of July, I found only 1 photo taken on July 22/2017:Here is another pot, same dates as above: I have quite a few plants; all cuttings are from the same original plant, or cuttings from those cuttings. If you are thinking of adding soil, why not to try to mix in some perlite? You can do that by poking close to the sides of pot with a chopstick or similar thinner stick.