Leaf Changes After Repotting a Houseplant

Case overview

Marisol Vega has kept the trailing houseplant by the living-room shelf for years. When she moves it into a larger blue pot, Ben jokes that it finally has room to spread out. Three days later, several leaves look pale and soft. The plant is in nearly the same place, but the room was rearranged that weekend too, and Marisol cannot tell which change came first. Ben wants to move it again. Marisol wants to slow down. She compares the old setup with the new one, writes down the timing, and watches for what holds from one day to the next. The case begins with a familiar plant, a well-meant change, and a household trying to avoid solving one mystery by creating three more.