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Jul 12, 2015 1:53 PM CST
Name: Elaine
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I would definitely tend to keep it in the shade until new leaves start to show up, then gradually move it back to it's normal spot in the house.

If you are wanting to put it outdoors again, I'd definitely choose a shady spot, as the light is much more intense outdoors than even sun through a window. Then if you keep it outdoors, you can very slowly move it towards getting a little sun, preferably morning sun so it's not so hot.

Plants grown indoors develop more chlorophyll in the leaves in order to better use the available light to produce food. When you put them out into direct sunlight, they then have too much of this 'pigment' in the leaves and they get too hot and burn like that. Even if this plant can grow in sunlight where it lives naturally, you still need to gradually acclimate an indoor-grown plant to the outdoor light.
Elaine

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