Kev,

I bought a Dtps. in Jan. that was in spike with flowers just opening. The leaves seemed healthy. As a rule, I repotted it upon arriving home, despite the flowering spike. There were rotting roots, which I trimmed, and all seemed well. The dual spikes had many branches and as the final flowers opened (30+), the leaves began to shrivel.

The poor plant no longer had the root structure to take in all the water needed to support such a massive floral infrastructure (think hydraulics). It was suiciding to keep the flowers looking good.

...snip, snip.

The flowers looked good in a vase for a week. No regrets saving the plant, which is now doing fine. Leaves are recovered.

Julie