First you're not stupid, just as smart as I am, that's all..lol I hear you, I did the very same thing to my bannana tree a couple years ago. I was so bumed out for days!!! I never stuck mine in full sun ever again after that, I kept it under a tree, and it flourished.. Wierd ha...You think to yourself it's a great idea to give it sun, so soon, must be good for it, since they grow like crazy all over the tropics, all day in the sun... It will be ok. It will drop those leaves, and you will see it grow beautiful ones again. It will also seem taller quick. I personaly would just keep it in speckled sun, under a tree, morning or late in the day sun, or even just light all summer.. I even find my gardenias only like morning and afternoon sun.. I am sorry to hear this happened to you... I know how beautiful and full the leaves can be, and will be again...;-( Mike

May I suggest that it might possibly because there is not enough difference between the day and nighttime temperature? Many of these plants originate from the Atlantic forest, an area of Brazil very close to where we live. Climatic conditions are very different from those inside the average house! In spring and fall, which are the two hottest seasons, they can soar to 90+ during the day, dropping back at night to around 60. In "winter", which is often very dry, conditions are even more extreme with a daytime max of about 80, falling at night to around 45-50, which is a lot cooler. Only in summer, which is usually more cloudy and wet is there not so much difference between the day and nighttime temp, 70-85. What you could do is put your plants outdoors for part of the year, so that they get exposed to a bigger diurnal range. Most of my plants are autumn flowering, but yours might not be.

All my jugs are right where I put them back before we got 3 ft. of snow so I'm not one bit worried about finding them. I AM wondering where I'll put more jugs since the snow we've got is now frozen solid. When it was nice, soft powder I could just plop the jugs down in it and know they'd be fine. Glad I got so many done before we were buried with all this snow. Six more inches fell this morning and they're warning us another big storm is on the way for this coming Tuesday/Wednesday. My nice wide driveway is already down to one car width that has a 3 inch thick coating of ice. Forecast calls for minus 10 degrees on Sunday so the ice isn't going anywhere anytime soon. Same with the snow & ice on my roof. Winter in New England is not for wussies.

Elisabeth, what wonderful news. Your day was better than all the rest put together. I am very happy for you. Really, really happy for you and your family. Today was kind of crazy here. First I had the air conditioner tuned up. I bought a Groupon for $34 to pay for it. He showed up an hour early, so that was the end of my lazy morning. Of course, he discovered that the motor needs to be replaced for $1200! He said it can wait for awhile, and it will. I started cleaning the carport when the phone rang and the roofer was calling to say the dumpster was on its way. Yikes. Now I have a big dumpster sitting in the driveway. Work starts Monday. I am dreading it. My son came over and cut the grass for me, bless his heart. I called the dermatologist and changed my appointment. Too much going on at once here. Then I finished cleaning the carport and it looks pretty good for the moment. Now I am going to go read my book in bed and fall asleep!