To me it looks like the entire plant is collapsing. 1st. I don't use chemicals unless I actually SEE that I have a problem. I don't know if that was the problem,,,but I read that you used Malathion as a PREVENTATIVE. I am of the school that I wait til I actually see a problem before bringing out the big guns.

Also when I bring a violet home, all I do is water it and leave it alone for about a month. I don't fertilize it either. Not just yet. I let it acclimate to me and my "climate" before asking/forcing it to change.

2nd. What mix proportion is your new soil. I see you have it on a wick. My guess is you may have too heavy of a mix for constant watering.

3rd. IF it were my plant,,,,,I would unpot, cut off all leaves EXCEPT the 3 little crown leaves. Save as much root as you can but make sure you trim it down enough to fit into a small pot or cup. Yep, reduce it and start it over as a baby. Repot in a small pot, with a very light soil mix. 1/2 soil, 1/2 perlite. Put it back on its wick system and hope for the best.

Also,,,if you have it on a continuous watering system (wick) I would not put it where it can get rained on. Good luck!!!

Anyone else got anything? Rosie

Thank you for the comment Rosie1949. In fact had forgot to mention that the plant had soil mealy bugs at the time of purchase itself. I re-potted and waited for two weeks before applying malathion. I did use the chemical as a preventative in my other plants but in the case of this plant I actually saw the soil mealy bugs and was concerned.

The soil mix I used is a custom one using river sand and cocopeat. Perlite is not readily available in my location. The mix is very light and the wick watering is working fine. I have a few other plants running in same setup all of which are doing fine.

I will look at re-potting the lady and moving it from rain. I have already placed it in a plastic cover and has tied it up.

If there are any more suggestions please post here. Again very thanks Rosie1949 for your valuable comments.

Oh, glad you cleared up those things. Hmmmm, I have no experience with river sand and coco peat, but as long as the mix is light enough for the ebb and flow of sustaining a wick system, it should be good! Live and learn.

My thought of getting it out of the rain is this. I put my violets on my deck in the spring, but I take them off the water supply. I just set them out like everything else. Yes I do water if it doesn't rain, but I figured if you left it on the wick and it did rain there could be too much water for it and rot could ensue.

I still would try to take off any leaf that is too limp. Don't think they will recover. Try to find one that is still good and start it. That way if you lose the plant (hope not) you will still have another one growing.

Good luck and keep posting, I would like to hear how this works out. Rosie

The problem infact was what you pointed out Rosie1949. I got this info from another source and acted up on the issue. The pot was really too wet and was almost water logged. The area where this plant stood was little prone to rain. That could account for the water logging. There was a sucker (@10 o clock in the pic). I re-potted both to new pots after removing the unhealthy leaves and placed in a plastic cover.

If the plant had gone forward in same condition for 2 more days it would have died. Thank you for the comment.

I am posting the re-potted photo below

Oh geeze, glad I could help. But (and anyone jump in here if I am wrong) since water logged was the problem, I would keep the medium on the barely dry side. Let the medium draw some of the water out of the plant. Don't go bone dry,,,,,just watch humidity and damp soil v*e*r*y carefully. Good luck. Hope you saved them! Keep posting to let us know. Rosie