you are absolutely right. They were doing perfectly fine outside during the summer time. I just had them back to the house before I took off to China, and left them in my hubby's hands. I was gone for five weeks, when I came back I found two off them had some rotten roots and were sitting at very soggy moss. I had the rotten roots trimmed off, repotted them next to the windows and they have already immerged some new roots.