First plant a few leaves for insurance in separate container. Then drain any water from reservoir. Put paper towels carefully around the top of the soil and on the wick. Remove when soaked. Discard any leaves that are mushy or brown. Make a tent with plastic wrap and loosely drape over your plant. Increase air circulation if possible. Resume watering when soil is dry to the touch. If it does not work, at least you will have the leaves growing that you set aside earlier. Good luck!

I second AlabamaAV on how to repair the current situation.

Next time when you repot - remove the bottom leaves - may be 6 - they are already tired. Water the repotted plant very sparingly - and drape it temporarily with a piece of Saran wrap to reduce water loss. It should perk up.

Thanks, Irina, Saran Wrap is quicker and easier than zip loc bags. J

Been trying to find clear dry cleaning plastic to cut up for larger plants too wide for Saran wrap but my dry cleaner uses blue-tinged plastic. Could that be a good thing to use?

I like the creativity and repurposing! But I refuse to buy dry-clean only clothes. But yes - these bags are thin and soft -and draping the plans with them is perfect.

Returned home from today's meeting and brought back a Russian I won in the raffle. Within hours the plant started looking like Bridget Ratliff 's plant. Soil is quite wet, plant has 1" neck that needs burying. Wick is a lot thicker than what I use. For now it's bagged up but how long must I wait to repot it?

I wonder what got to it -- my hot car interior before the ac cooled it off -- or the wet soil it's in.

Happy to have this pretty plant, hope it makes it! The flowers on mine are more of a light blue-purple than shown in this pic.

Blue Eyed Russia (EK- Goluboglazaia Rossiia)

Can you carefully remove it with all soil attached to see how wet it is? Maybe wait a day or two before doing that.

Use a paper towel to absorb excess water (set plant on it if wick is wet.) or wrap around plant and make contact with the soil mix. Discard paper when saturated. If you have thicker ones, split into a single ply. Plant a leaf or two for insurance. That way, if you lose the plant you will hopefully have a backup. Moreover, when going to a show, it is sometimes helpful to bring a disposable styrofoam cooler with a small ice pack. The one I used contained frozen meat received as a gift. Make sure plants are wrapped in newspaper and/or surrounded with plastic grocery store bags. Don't let the plants or cuttings directly touch the ice pack. This worked well for me last spring. If it is colder weather, you may not need the ice pack. Hope this helps. You picked a beauty!

She's recovering nicely! Put a paper towel in the bottom of a 2 gal ziploc and closed up the plant in there for 3 days.

Good advice about traveling with the travel packs. I'm sure there are a few other tricks out there for transporting plants.

A cooler with some shredded paper or newspaper bags on the bottom makes a good plant holder for traveling in and out of the plant meeting. Naturally - if you are going to a Show and sale... Xerox paper boxes with lids with something on a bottom will work. I prefer to use the plastic baggies for the cushion - shredded paper works - but it creates a mess and it sucks the humidity out of the air so it can wilt the plants if you travel. But it is easy to make on a short notice.

Something about "be prepared"... works on every stage of life...

I like the baggie idea. Of course you're talking about inflating them a bit.

:-)