Meet Eustoma grandiflorum aka Lisianthus russellianus - fresh from the store, but slightly wilty from the trip home, followed by a thorough watering.
Now see her a week after transplanting. She just went into a sulk and died.
They die if you don't water them enough.
They die if you water them too much.
They die if you don't transplant them.
They die if you do transplant them.
Hot, cool, sunny, shady - dead, dead, dead, dead.
But we haven't given up. Oh, no. If necessary, we'll get Barbra Streisand to sing over one a la On A Clear Day You Can See Forever.
Someday, this plant will live for us. It may even set seed.
