Well it was shiny, then drying up, then the body has some beginnings of rotting patch which I do not know if it stopped. The rest of the stem seems firm. Our weather went quite cool suddenly a few weeks back then now onto heat wave temps..so who knows..oh well, my next option if ever is to get a rooted one, either locally or thru Ken
Just not my luck to root cuttings of this lovely plant I guess. It is still in its container, so I am just going to let it stay there the whole summer and see how it goes.