Hello Karen - I'm sure your AG will root easily. After all, you've been a Plumie Mama for a long time now. Since 2003, I've tried rooting in straight perlite, playground sand, bark, pumice. And then I tried the mixture of: 50/50 sand and soil, 50/50 soil and perlite, 50/50 soil and pumice, 50/50 bark and soil, cactus mix (got to be too expensive), rooting in my soil on the property (too heavy). Rooting in water plus Super Thrive was a disaster for me because the smell of Super Thrives just knocks me out. So after many sweat, tears, tears and more tears, got blooms...SMILE. The soil I am currently using contains chipped wood, perlite, sand and dirt. I buy this by the bulk. I use this for my plumerias and all of the plants that I grow in pots. Also, the time of year your're rooting them makes a big difference. And so this takes it to the next level of getting a greenhouse. Now I root year round:) Happy gardening KarenB. Kasie

I don't really suspect rot at all, actually. It does look dark in the photo I posted but I believe that was due to lighting and the fact that it was wet. But the stem plumped up very nicely and I took it out of water to dry out a bit. There is still a little wrinkling on the branches but down the main trunk it is back to normal. The leaves have continued to grow. I will post more photos soon. Thanks to to all of you for your advice! I'll keep you posted.

Well, first off, it's an Adenium, like Michael said. It's a member of the Apocynaceae family, like Plumeria and Oleander/Nerium. Water is probably not the problem. The branches probably were damaged by the cold. If it was exposed to freezing temperatures for an extended time, that might be the problem. See how your leaves are drooping, but still green? Plants don't do that when they get dehydrated. They suck water and nutrients out of the leaf, leaving it yellow and withered before it drops off. That tells me it's probably a reaction to the cold exposure. Check the caudex (the swollen trunk at the base of the plant). If it is still firm, it probably isn't too damaged. I would also unpot it and check the swollen roots beneath the soil. If they don't show signs of rot, then you're probably safe, although it wouldn't hurt to apply some anti-fungal. If isn't firm, you can look up a course of action. Some people will cut the dead parts out, it's a pretty drastic operation and I'm not an expert on that, since I've never had to deal with it. Luckily, if it does survive, adeniums are absurdly hardy. They don't like cold or rot, but they will tolerate unbelievable amounts of physical mutilation. You'll probably loose the branches from where the withering is and above. Cut them off if they don't recover and you notice the withering spreading downwards. That will let the adenium form a callus. Careful, the sap is poisonous, like plumeria sap. Don't sweat the branches; adeniums usually get pruned down to about that level when they get as leggy as yours. Be careful with the watering, it might stay dormant all winter, and you shouldn't let it go completely without water, but you don't want it to rot either. Maybe give it a little water once or twice a month, it really depends on the potting medium.

Like others have stated, it looks like it's just trying to send out new foliage. I doubt a plumeria will bloom indoors. A warm sunny window with afternoon sun is great, but it's no equivalent to a warm sunny location outdoors with sun shining on it throughout most of the day. I just recently repotted my 'Hilo Beauty,' and it's a single stem that finally started branching, and it's getting almost as tall as I am. All I did was shove a fiberglass stake into its pot and secured it with some of that flexible green planting tape, so that it doesn't pinch the trunk as it gets thicker. And as for worrying about bugs, I wouldn't. Sure there'll be the occasional one here or there, but it's not like our potted plants are a magnet for pests. That is more of an issue for plants grown indoors, where insects have limited options on where to go. They're not going to find much food or shelter inside of our homes, other than any potted plants that we might have sitting around for them to go to. I couldn't even begin to guess how many potted plants I have, but I can say for certain that pests are rarely something that I ever have to deal with. I used to try and keep many plants indoors all of the time, where I could control every aspect of their environment (or so I believed), but that makes plantkeeping more of a chore, rather than a hobby. But after many years of killing off plant after plant, I no longer do that anymore. Now all of my plants go outdoors once the weather warms up. No exceptions. Some stay on my shaded porches with little to no direct sunlight, while others get placed in locations where they get sunlight all day long. All I do is keep them watered and give them the occasional dose of diluted fertilizers when needed.