Whoa, a reply while I was replying, que raro!!

Thanks Ned. Do you really think it could still have no roots after all this time?? I cut and planted it 6 weeks before I started seeing blooms. That means it's been in there for over 5 months. This is the part that is so boggling to me.

As for treating it as if it has roots, I have been, but the soil is always moist, since it's in the bottle. I almost never water...and it's wet! ? In such a small pot, terra cotta no less, you'd think it would always be dry. No go.

Hi Gen, I would leave the top off now & let some air circulate around it. If it's lived this long, it's gotta have roots. Do you see roots from hole in bottom of pot? Or, let the top dry out a bit and hold 2 fingers across top of soil & turn pot upside down so surface soil falls off. Do you see surface roots? Better yet, if it slips out of pot you'll get better view & either slip it back in or pot up. But, I'd leave the top off .

On cuttings that I root, when I think that the cutting has started to develop some roots, I VERY GENTLY pull on the cutting. If there are roots developing there is resistance, if the cutting easily slips out of the medium than it, of course, has no roots. - Millet

Thanks for the replies Guys!

I know Patty, this is the thing I tried months ago (top off), but had BAD results, in fact I think that's why I lost that one leaf on six I had going on. I let it breath, but when I do the leaves hate it, even only an hour. I agree the bottle method is good for results at first, but later HHmmmmm

When I leave the top off to dry the soil, the leaves go ape crap cause they are so used to the humid contained environment. I can't win with this thing, yet it seems deermined to survive......depot and discover if there asre really roots or what?

It sounds like you need to wean you cutting off of the 100& humidity.-- Maybe you could make a separate top with some holes in it for ventilation and then increase them over time. Just a thought--Skeet

Well, I couldn't stand it any longer and checked for roots. Since may, it has not developped one single root. I give up. It's now out of it's bottle and free to die as it will. I still don't understand the multiple flowers I got on it this summer and fall.

Oh well, experiment failed. I'll concentrate on the seedlings.

If rooted cuttings are left too long in over moist soil the roots will die...

or air-layering!

I have used gel rooting medium that are sold at most department stores. I have used a calmondin it is as an experiment with citrus and i have two main roots and one is starting to branch out, i started rooting it in augest.

I have about 100% success when air layering. Some plants just don't like to root when cut. It has been discussed here somewhere...JoeReal did a tutorial on it.
Find a branch you want to root. Have a plastic 6-8 oz cup ready. cut cup from top lip to center of bottom, & make a hole in bottom wide enough to fit over/around branch. Put cup around the branch bottom & make sure it fits. You will tape it in place later.
cut the bark off the bottom of branch - about 1-1 1/2 inches. Sometimes I put rooting hormone on. Now place cup around & just below that area & pack with moist peet (after taping cut side of cup). After awhile, you can see the roots thru the cup....then, cut branch off of mother & pot it.
I tried rooting several branches of my Bay tree & only thing that works is air layering.

wow, that's cool! You don't by chance have one all set up on a tree somewhere? I'd love to see a pic. I am a little confused on the cutting of the cup thing......

I have to try this. Is there a better time of year for this? My heating will start soon, and I have a puny humidifyer only.

Yes they will disapear as if there were none at all. Once you see new growth, transplant them in good draining medium.