Beginner Gardening: Gerbera, 1 by MoogleTree

MoogleTree wrote:
Hello everyone! I have a Gerbera daisy plant that is slowly growing into a monster. I bought it two months ago, I think. I wish I took a picture of it. It fit amidst my feet in the car when I took it home. I don't remember it being this large. It has 9 blooms with 3 incoming. It stands in a saucer of water and drinks what it wants. I used to keep it in a very sunny spot in my house. When the summer started to grow really hot, it would wilt because I couldn't keep up with its water demands. So I moved it to another spot a week ago. The sun doesn't reach it until late afternoon. It has plenty of water now, but it wilts if it gets sunlight for an hour, maybe even half an hour. I'm not sure what's happening. I have to close the blinds and slowly it straightens itself up again. Why can't it take the sun anymore? Is it because it's outgrown its pot? Does it need that full day of light to be happy?