When mine is outdoors, it gets direct sunlight all day long, so it can easily handle as much sun as you can give it. The only thing is that it'll need to be done gradually, so that your plant has plenty of time to adjust. With the Sun moving down into the southern hemisphere, its rays are more spread out and weaker, so any chances of your plant getting sunburned are minimal. Although, I would still use caution, just to be on the safe side.

That being said, I think that acclimating it to direct sunlight now would be much easier than trying to next year. That way, when spring and summer rolls around, your plant will already be used to receiving such intense rays without burning. Another thing, it will go through water much faster, so make sure to not let it dry out for too long.

Thanks, that's good to know. I've had everything except my philodendron selloum in southeast windows because it is just SO hot just inside the southwest ones. Hot enough to burn aloe. Hot enough to roast peppermint, which smelled great at the time but was fatal to the plant. I mean, it's above 90 from May through September, and above 100 for about 7 weeks of July and August, and at least that hot on the inside sills, so I'm not used to thinking of my SW windows as safe plant locations, you know? Except for the philodendron. My outdoor phil has weathered everything from 18 to 114*F, drought, snow, and hurricane. I trust them to survive. But ficuses are a whole other matter.

I live in Arkansas, which isn't that far from you, and the summers here can get up into the scorching hot triple digits, with enough humidity in the air to turn the whole state into one giant sauna, lol. My rubber plant couldn't care less; just as long as I kept it well watered and didn't let it dry out for too long. I tried moving my aloe out into the sunlight, gradually, but it threw a fit, so I moved it back into the shade where it fared much better. My rubber plant, on the other hand, just kept on growing. On top of that, I've also noticed that each trunk has sent out new growths as well. Two on one stem, and one on the other. Not to mention the fact that its leaves are that dark burgundy color that you want for yours. Once your plant has been properly acclimated to direct sunlight, it will easily handle anything that the Sun can dish out, just as long as you keep it well watered.

Awesome, thank you!