Question
my pachypodium is dying!!! it got really cold than it got really wet. i cut off all the moldy rotting branches it was pretty substantial amount of the plant.i don't want to loose them... what should i cover the open wounds with if anything... or any suggestions at all ? help help help!!!

Answer
Where did you have the plant?  I don't know if you can save it.  It would help to have a picture and how you normally care for it, age ,size, where you live. I'm assuming it's potted.  If it isn't some of this information won't be useful to you.

Anyway, brush the wounds with fungicide, and if you don't have that, with rooting powder and let them callous.  Make sure that all the rot is removed before you do that. You have to make sure you only have healthy tissue left at the sites you cut off. Use a knife sterilized with alcohol if you do need to do some more cutting. I would look at the roots and base of the plant to see if they look healthy.  If it is mushy, black or has dead looking roots there really isn't much you can do.  If all that looks OK, repot in fresh well drained soil(lots of perlite) and let the plant dry out.  The plant should have been in a cool, dry place for the winter with no water from Oct. to April if you live in an area that has cold winters, and gradually brought outside to full sun, watering gradually until the plant is reestablished.  With your plant, put it in a sunny window and then gradually outside. Keep it dry for a couple of weeks at least, and then gradually start to water. Even with all that it will be touch and go.  Often times you won't see rot for months.

I don't know if your plant can survive the shock of cold and wet with subsequent amputations which you had to do, but I think it's worth a try.  I hope you threw the dead stuff away, not composting. If you need more help, please answer the the questions in the first paragraph, include a picture/pictures if at all possible, and we can go from there. These plants are so sensitive to cold and drenching wet, especially when they are dormant so that an unexpected event such as the one you describe can just do them in. I'm glad you already cut the damaged branches off.  That's a start. I would hate for you to lose your plant too.

Good luck and let me know,

Maureen