Originally Posted by Mcspeed

Mike if you put that tree outside in Buffalo as advised, dig a grave for it first. Unless you can knit a little electric sweater for the tree.

Gotta love it when you give advice and no nothing about the tree. SlapSlapSlappy these are at least subtropical, so outside for a while is not a good thing. As in it gets really cold in Buffalo. Be careful of what you dispense for advice, some people run off with the first reply they get, if not sure at least say so.

A soil of bark will retain quite a bit of water even though it seems to run right thru, so too much water is an option here.

Aside from that I don't know a lot about these, hopefully someone will chirp in that does know. My only experiance with these was years ago, I was watering for a girl friend while she was off to the UK for a few weeks. If I remember correctly I probably overwatered it, but I have a feeling these dislike either extreme. The overwatering effort had it drop a lot of leaves, probably lost some branches too.

Watering is on an as needed basis, not on schedule, unless you can tailor the soil to your schedule. Let the soil dry down to just moist, not wet, then water again.

You can't rule out some kind of pests either, this could have been eaten.