Yes. I am making sure as soon as the soil is dry, (I am using a water meter) I give them a drink. All my pots have holes as to make sure nothing gets root rot. That's why I asked that question a few days ago about when to water.
Both top of the soils are dry but when I use the water meter, they are wet near the middle and bottom of pot. I know the cuttings aren't very deep and I should probably keep the top soil moist but the plant is the orchid soil is only about 1/2 inch into the pot. Not in there very deep to avoid the stem rotting out. Love to hear your thoughts.

Thank you

This looks like a symptom of shrivel rot. It affects schlumbergera mostly.

Propagate any healthy stems you can find. Tends to be caused by post bloom overwatering and heat stress...

These need watering little more often than typical suculents, their natural habitat are tropical or subtropical moist forests. That doesn't mean they can't be overwatered (or underwatered) and extremes between dry and wet should be avoided.

That looks like my Easter cactus (Rhipsalis gaertneri). My plants lost a lot of segments during the winter, I put them outside and they are finally getting new growth. I also had some rot at the base and some shriveling of segments.

Holiday cactus diseases

Its schlumbergera gaertneri now. Rhipsalis consists mostly of coral cacti, and small white flowered species like crispata. Before that it was placed in hatiora, by some it still is(this being the case for about 8 years) ....... and before that in the non existent genera like rhisalidopsis and phylocactus.