OK I've been keeping a secret
... Back in January I noticed that one of my S. 'Andrenor' was looking bad! I purchased it in Dec. and it didn't ship well
It never recovered after transplanting.
Anyway, I did the surgery thing, I cut off the part that looked like it was rotting (which was the tip) After surgery I gave it a "dry out period" indoors for a couple of days.
I didn't want to say anything because I wasn't sure if it would live...I didn't take a "before" photo (bad me!) but here is the "after" photo - pretty amazing! I may become a surgical "freak"!! There seem to be about 6 new budlets growing at the top!!! How exciting is that!