Tylecodon reticulatus, Final Words on Rooting Caudiciforms (for those who might find this experience useful)

One day, you're an idiot and you spend too much on a dumbass plant. Two days later, it starts oozing.

When your plant does this, you don't panic, you don't think. You just go in there, dig it out and start hacking it to pieces. Don't even bother thinking it over. This is NOT one of those things that will resolve themselves.

Late Bloomers and Early Risers

Adenium obesum "Rik Ni Ran", grafted

As the weather turned from scorching to slightly less scorching in Zone 7, this is the time most of my adeniums decided to profusely bud. This is annoying. The plants themselves are ridiculously sturdy and tolerant of temperature swings that do not include freezing. But adenium buds are sensitive as shit.