There is nothing wrong with your plant - no virus, no disease!! Newly energing leaves are always much smaller than when they completely unfold and still continue to grow on to size.

that is so nice to hear! thanks for the input... just to give you a better view. here’s another pic. the one i encircled I think was the last leaf that came out... it was smaller than the previous one. so i was afraid this new one is even smaller...

After a plant or tree experiences a change in cultural conditions or a trauma, the next couple new leaves will be smaller as the plant tries to adjust its growth to the new environment. As it rebuilds its lost energy reserves and gets back towards its optimal vitality, it will resume producing the best leaves for its current location.

i knew it! something’s majorly wrong with this guy! i thought he is healthy with new leaves forming! :((

Nothing wrong, Either you bought it and changed its location and light that it was used to, or you repotted it or otherwise stressed it. Its healthy and doing what it is supposed to do. Just water and fertilize and give it TIME. Growing plants requires patience and time.

i think i stressed it too much! i repotted it twice. first was to transfer it into a new pot and another to add ballast. i guess i just have to wait for the next one! i thought i finally have a new leaf on this one!

You have been told repeatedly your plants are fine & don't have problems, yet you keep insisting they have a problem.

I don't understand why you continue to come here for help & advice as time & again you ignore the assurances you've been given repeatedly, by several people. You go looking for problems & even making new problems by your unwillingness to (1) listen, (2) take advice & (3) LEAVE YOUR PLANTS ALONE.

As said elsewhere & earlier stop trying to 'help' them, they don't need it,

hey dont get mad at me. i was just trying to understand what’s wrong with this one because the other one I have has these new leaves showed up big (picture below) but this one the leaf was so tiny

But if you go back to the last times you asked for advice for this same plant, it resulted in two rounds of repotting the plant during the wrong months, leading to the problem you are currently asking about. If you would have done that repotting in the correct time of the year and all at once, you would have not stressed it so much. You should listen to advice, ask followup questions and think it through all before you act. Be patient and give your plants the time to do what they are supposed to. Dont examine them every day and obsess about every anomaly. Less is more in most cases. Dont forget that trees grow in the forest without our attention and fussing over them.

Yes, gg48, he’s that guy. When he first popped up, I appreciated his zeal. It has become clear that he’s heavily trolling us all.

Yes.

His hame was Mike with a bunch of random numbers after the name. He Chnaged his name to Mike the fiddle leaf fig guy, for what reason, I am not sure.

Yes, who also put avocado oil or coconut oil on his leaves (I forget which), cause he can't distinguish btwn good & bad advice he reads online.

Likely he changed his 'handle' as I named it & called him out by name for readers to disregard his advice as he was repeating bad, incorrect advice, telling him he needs learn to care for his own plants, before advising others on theirs.

Hi @gardengal48! yes I did place my orchid in the fridge for a small period of time but not anymore! sadly it never rebloomed! it is still alive though. there is a small kind of a leaf thing on where I made a cut when the spike turned yellow. I am not sure if I just made an untidy cut or it’s a new leaf?

Re: my account, i deactivated it because I am getting so obsessed with house plants! i watch them every second of every day and I bought new ones again!!! then i realised i need the account because this is where I get advice and learn how to grow them so created a new one.

i lost the leaf!!! :(( is my plant dying???

Mike, as you have said yourself, you are obsessed. Plants do not take well to this approach. They grow and develop at their own speed, not yours. Plants don’t die through loss of a leaf. I really think you have a problem and wonder if you need to see someone about your perpetual state of semi panic and worry. Maybe you’d do better to get a different hobby, like cooking, where you can influence the outcome quickly and get results in minutes and hours, not weeks and months or even years.

Btw your orchid has a flower bud initiating on the left stem, but it’s not where you’ve circled. You say ‘sadly it never rebloomed’. There’s nothing sad about it. It’s normal. It will flower when it’s ready. If your cat had just had kittens would you say, a few days later, ‘sadly she hasn't had more kittens?’ And start panicking?

Mike - think of your plant like a video game where it begins with a full tank of energy. Your plant needs this energy to grow taller, push out new leaves, establish roots, etc. But lots of things can deplete your plant's energy levels, like changing its environment by moving it from the store to your home, not giving it enough light, repotting it, lack of water, too much water, not fertilizing, etc.

Your plant's energy levels were just low from a combination of some of these things when it tried to push out a new leaf. It didn't have enough oomph to make the leaf grow big and strong, so the leaf died. But the plant is just fine.

Fortunately (if I recall your previous comments correctly), you're in Australia where spring is just beginning. Spring and summer are like power boosts for plants, when their energy replenishes and builds up much faster. Give it some time and the next little leaf will become a big leaf, as long as you do most of the other things right.

Also, if you're on Facebook, you might want to join groups like House Plant Lovers, House Plant Hobbyist, and Houseplant Hoarders that have 50,000-100,000 members each and get hundreds of new posts every day. You're more likely to get immediate answers and there are always new people willing to share their advice.

Hi! Sorry this is about the same plant again. this flf had another leaf after the other leaf died. However it looks like I will be losing this leaf again. It was slightly bigger this time but the tip started to curl and it is thick and a little dark yellow green. any clue what’s going on? virus? it has red spots too.