Florea is the variety that rekindled my interest in growing figs in-ground. I was very excited to be giving this one a try and my two small cuttings were doing very well. I thought I had it made.
I left the cups sitting on a flat surface with out much ventilation (plenty of humidity) while I cleaned my bin. I was planning on just leaving them there for a couple hours, but things are crazy at work for me now, and it was a couple days before I could get back to them. When I did, I found they had collapsed.

Here is one of them after a week or so of trying to nurse it back to health. The leave have dried out, and are dead. The roots still look like they are alive, so maybe it will grow from a node at the bottom of the cutting, but I don't hold out much hope.


 
Even with holes in the bottom and sides of the cup, a flat surface slows the gas exchange and the C02 build up can do in a happy cutting pretty quickly.

I guess I'll have to wait to give this one a try.

Sorry to see that Andy but you are correct, figs are pretty tough little guys and all is not lost.

Honestly they looked like they dried due to sun exposure. It's happened to e too, same circumstances. We're they in direct sunlight at all? Mist them well and place in Tupperware away from sun or direct heat source and they should come back just fine.

Good luck and let's us know how they make out.

keep nursing them along maybe they will bud again .

GOOD LUCK Andy !

Next time i ride my RoadKing to the Mountains maybe i'll stop buy and see them growing.

Andy, 
One of the things I learned this year was I was throwing out cuttings I considered dead long before I should have.

Because of others like Rafed, for example, who had commented on having done the same thing in the past I decided to try one last time with cuttings I considered beyond the point where they were worth the time, space, soil, etc.
Well, I got growth in some cuttings that just really surprised me. I ended up salvaging almost half of these "worthless" cuttings. Anyway -- my point is -- don't give up on them. I put mine in 50/50 perlite and top soil then put them in a big plastic container under strong light with plenty of moisture from a spray bottle. I put a lid on at night. Surprise - growth!

I've now moved other cuttings that have done nothing into this container. A Preto cutting that has done nothing since before xmas just swelled a bud and is showing signs of life. It's amazing. I'm now rotating figs into different environments based on their response to the situation they're in. A Royal Vineyard I've been struggling to keep alive as well as a Sal's "gene" that has shown just a tiny leaf since summer have both sprung back to life and are thriving. This new system of moving the non performing figs to new containers that have differing humidity and light has been extremely worth while.

So, don't throw them away without giving them a second chance.

Thanks all for the encouragement, I don't plan on giving up on them until they shrivel up or rot away, but the encouragement helps ;)

I have also had "stuck" cuttings that sprung to life after being moved. One of my Italian Honey cuttings had done nothing for several months. I took it out of the cup to see if it had molded and found lots of root initials. Stuck it in a new cup with fresh mix and put it in a new location. In just a few days it nearly exploded with roots.
I didn't want to disturb the roots the Florea has already, so I haven't tried potting it or re-cupping. Not sure it would help a cutting that has already rooted.

Does anyone know if figs have secondary/tertiary buds like grapes and some other plant do? Or is it one node, one bud?

Vince, nope no sun. They were right next to other cuttings in various stages that are all still doing well, just not on the cooling racks I was using for ventilation.
 

FYI...No promises, but it might help to put the plant under a humidity dome.

I agree with lots of the advice above.  Don't give up.  Do try restarting them.  Do give humidity.  Do avoid direct sunlight (for now).  It does look to me like "dried out from sun exposure" rather than wilt from CO2 buildup.  (if you still have some healthy roots, that's further evidence that it wasn't primarily CO2 buildup... that would manifest as stunted roots).  (Oh yeah, another bit:  do take away the dried out dead leaves).  One add'l bit I'll add (maybe others have too) --- DON'T change your overall approach, relative to moisture and leaving room for gas exchange.  

One common mistake I've made myself and have seen friends do as well with plants in general, is to somehow think that because you're on "try number 2" with this batch that somehow that means they need something different from what they'd need on "try number 1".  Don't fall into that trap!  It's (mostly) not true.  For example, they don't need more moisture or more watering than you were giving them before.  They still just need the same conditions that they needed the first time around.  And if the roots are still healthy, then you've got a leg up on the jump start.  (i.e. though they've lost some of their energy, it's probably not as bad as it seems... especially if you've got some healthy roots still).  So although you're trying to rescue them, remember their needs haven't changed significantly.  It just might be more important to get the balance of moisture, gas exchange, and temperature, into that sweet zone.  But if you overwater them now (thinking, erroneously, that they somehow need extra water because they got dried out), then you're probably just making it more likely that you'll get them moldy or something.

Good luck.  Looks to me like a good chance you'll get 'em back.  Let us know how it turns out!

Mike   central NY state, zone 5