Is My Den. Moniliforme Dead?

[c123anderson]

estación and Roberta, thank you for your thoughts and advice, as always.

I suspected it was not doing great when I received it, which helps me feel just a little less bad.

Just a quick, general question: with moniliforme, is it common for the canes to wither during winter?

[Roberta]

Originally Posted by c123anderson

Just a quick, general question: with moniliforme, is it common for the canes to wither during winter?

The canes should really stay firm, even if leafless, for a couple of years. So when you first got the plant, the previous year's cane really looks like it was already on the way out... not just desiccated, but yellow (and looks soft) I think that the plant was unhealthy when you got it, likely nothing you could have done to make it thrive. A healthy leafless cane is firm and gray-green, not soft and yellow.