You recieved my portion of this trade 12 days ago and I still have not gotten anything from you..please let me know when you plan to hold up your end of the trade.

gone already. Lori

Marguerite, they were all like that, as far as I know the new growth comes out that color and matures to a lovely shade of green.

GF - Plants are naturally shedding organisms; they automatically balance their root to shoot ratio. IOW, if you prune off a fraction of the top of a plant, and leave the roots intact, the plant has internal chemical messengers that stimulate the plant to quickly replace the 'missing' top growth. If you prune roots and leave the top intact, the plant is stimulated to focus its energy allocation on replacing roots. If there is a significant loss of either top mass or bottom (root) mass, die back (shedding) of it's counterpart can occur. You can't prevent that from occurring, and the only hand you might play is by simultaneously pruning roots and shoots so they end up in balance when you're done; but still, the plant will do the fine tuning because you'll find that there is a relationship between particular roots and particular branches that varies in the degree of dedication, one to the other, by species. IOW, root A has a closer relationship to branch A than any other branch and the exclusivity of that relationship varies by species. The reciprocal of that relationship is also true. So, if you prune root A or branch A, the 'adjustment' in root growth or top growth will be greater in it's opposite counterpart more so than in the rest of the branches or roots. So a mechanism is in place whereby the entire organism as well as individual root to shoot relationships will automatically be balanced. Lauren - I did a little experiment with a bonsai tree. After measuring a rooms RH, I set the potted tree above a large tray full of water and pebbles and placed the same digital hygrometer used to measure the room's RH in its branches. A half hour later, RH had increased only .4 % - 4/10 of 1%, an insignificant amount. So, if your wish is to raise RH surrounding your plants, a humidifier suited to raising the RH of at least the room where the plants gather for companionship is the best way, followed distantly by grouping your plants together, though the more plants you have, the better the later works. Al