[Cynthia, Prescott, AZ]

It is not just orchids that have this adjustment problem. I brought a Boston fern into the house because I was running out of room in the greenhouse for orchids. It had plenty of long fronds. I accidentally let the fern go dry in the house and the plant dropped thousands of leaves. Looked like it snowed all over my living room. Watered the plant, and it started a few new fronds. A half dozen or more fronds are now about 3' long. Now, over this time I have accidentally let this fern go dry plenty of times and not a leaf has dropped. Same problem the few times I bought fiddle leaf figs plants. Usually I loose the plant completely. Finally, I got a small one with about six plants in the pot. There was enough material here that a few made it thru the adjustment process, and now I have 3 plants in that much too small pot to avoid leting it dry out, but other than an occasional leaf lost to this carelessness, it just keeps going.