It looks like it's dead, is that a working fireplace?

Duplicate question going on Here.

above link appears to be different person, different older plant.

Unless it has some amazing Lazarus capabilities, I'd say that plant is toast! Generally, when a fully evergreen plant loses all its foliage (ie., not removed manually), it's a goner. Not always but usually.

Jean, if you go to the end of the thread I linked you'll find this question, about this plant, with this picture, added to an ancient post and answered by Al (tapla). The other listing includes the very important info. that the plant got left in a car overnight in severe cold. It's not just died from the conditions you see it in now.

How long have you had this plant?

I read the other thread and I see now that you left it in the car overnight in the winter. IOW, it froze.

I've been watering it everyday.

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no indoor plant needs water every day [especially in a pot that big] .... water it when it needs water ... let it near dry in between waterings .. insert finger a couple inches to find out when it needs its next drink ... keeping it sodden might lead to rotting the roots off ... and if that happens.. it is dead for sure ....

i fear you might be loving it to death ...

if you can just let it be... it might releaf .... but i am not sure i would want to look at it .. like that.. for the next 3 to 6 months.. to find out .... sometimes its worth money to just replace it ... rather than feel bad about it.. every time you look at it ... as one might say ... put it out of your misery .....

ken

You got the plant only a week ago and it's lost all its leafs that quickly? Do you live in a cold area, temperature below freezing? If you are and purchased plant and it wasn't wrapped up sufficiently enough, then put into a freezing car and took 10-15 minutes for car to warm up it may be the leafs got frozen or at minimum shocked. Some most tropical plants can and will drop leaves. They get frozen very quickly.

Could that be what happened?

If you respond to this question we may be able to give information on what to do.

OPs duplicate thread stated the plant was left in the car overnight in severe cold. For some reason this vital info was left out of this thread.

Why on Earth would you remove all the leaves manually?

Too late now, but one tip is not to remove the leaves from an unhappy plant. Let it shed them by itself if it wants too.

The plant might, might come back, but extremely highly doubtful. Im sure the leaves we're dead so removing them probably not a big deal. But over night was probably just too much too long and roots could have frozen too. House plants are mostly tropical plants and can't usually withstand below freezing, even a few minutes can kill some or cause leaves to fall off. Only time will tell if any life in yours left.

Cut back tips a few inches and wait a month. You don't water a healthy plant that size every day, maybe once a week thoroughly drenching soil then removing excess so pot not sitting in water. Since your plant is now essentially dormant so no watering except maybe every two weeks or less to keep from being totally devoid of moisture.

You're welcome 3849.... By the way, when I say essentially dormant I mean that because without leaves there isn't a whole lot of photosynthesis going on so won't be using much if any water. You just have to have some moisture so roots don't totally dry out and die, if they are still alive. Good luck.

Hey Floral,

Great minds think alike ;>). I too was going to suggest the same tip, DON"T take the leaves off. Wish they answered the Q as I would like to know WHY? what was that supposed to accomplish other than killing the plant? Am trying to understand the thinking.