I have an Alocasia, from pictures online I think it's an Odora. It puts out a new leaf around every month or so and the new(er) leaves are always fine but as they age they get brown bits on the outsides which gradually get worse and so I end up cutting the leaf off. I'm wondering if it's scorch marks from the intensity of the sun? It was purchased as an outdoor plant but I have it indoors in a window which gets about 2 hours of direct sun in the morning. I've heard that direct sun through a window is more intense than outdoors so maybe that's it? If not....what else could it be? I use a humidifier to keep up the humidity, I water regularly and fertilize with Osmocote Plus every 6 months or so.

2 hours of sunlight is not enough. These plants need a lot more sun than that. My suspicion is too little light, poor air circulation and too much water for those conditions

Gotcha - so basically as they are outdoor plants they need to be outside. Makes sense! But I haven't found another plant which can function in that spot in my house due to the direct light so I might just leave it there and just keep cutting off the outside leaves when they don't look good anymore. That means there will still always be several leaves so not too bad. Thanks Gina.

So based on your comment Gina I'm reading up online about Alocasia Odora and everywhere I've looked so far says they do really well indoors if placed in an East facing window (which is where it is....)?

I've actually never known anyone you grows the larger growing alocasias indoors as houseplants. They like humidity which houses can't adequately provide (even with a humidifier) they like 8 or more hours of sun, they like a lot of water but can't use it inside and they are heavy feeders.
Vendors on the internet say a lot of things. They say them because they want to sell you plants. So they will tell you a plant does well indoors, even if it's not always true, or not true for most people's conditions.

Gina1960 said: I've actually never known anyone you grows the larger growing alocasias indoors as houseplants. They like humidity which houses can't adequately provide (even with a humidifier) they like 8 or more hours of sun, they like a lot of water but can't use it inside and they are heavy feeders.
Vendors on the internet say a lot of things. They say them because they want to sell you plants. So they will tell you a plant does well indoors, even if it's not always true, or not true for most people's conditions.

Ah I see OK thanks Gina. Ok maybe I'll just plant it outside then. Do you have any recommendations for a plant that I could put in that spot that can handle around 2 hours of direct light? (Apart from succulents or snake plant)

What is your climate zone?
Most of the alocasias that folks attempt to grow as houseplants are ones like Poly, or the jewel alocasias. Small growing plants.

Gina1960 said: What is your climate zone?
Most of the alocasias that folks attempt to grow as houseplants are ones like Poly, or the jewel alocasias. Small growing plants.

I'm in Southern California, but I didn't mean what alocasia can I put there......just trying to find a plant in general that can handle that East facing window in my house (other than a snake plant as I'm bored of those and not a fan of succulents or things that look like them.....). I have a croton there now which even though I acclimated it to the sun, it dropped a lot of it's old leaves but the new ones coming through are used to it and totally fine. But I'd like a second, ideally bigger plant in that corner where the Alocasia is now.

I used to live in Culver City. Of course the alocasia will do well outdoors. Nice choices for your window might be something like a Philodendron gloriosum, or a philodendron Rojo Congo