You need to plant it in the ground asap! It's a large plant with an expanding root system that is in too small of a pot. The pot is dark and absorbs the heat from the full sun and your plants roots are getting overheated and cooking. Plant it now and keep it well watered until it comepletely recovers. I had some Gomphocarpus in pots just like that, and I went thru the exact same thing. First things first. Put in in shade now.

Thanks Jay!
It has been hot the last few days. My herbs and peppers need watering daily. I moved it into the shade ASAP!

Wow zone 10. You know, when you do plant it in the ground, you will still need to shade it with something for a while and harden it off. It will fry otherwise. I have 3 balloon milkweeds planted in a huge pot, and I have to water them once daily, and I'm in zone 6a. However you do it good luck! Be careful and check pot often, because mine were top heavy like that and tipped over and then limp plant all over again lol.

I'd put it in a 5 gallon bucket of water ASAP (filled to the dirt level) for 15-30 min. Your soil may have become hydrophobic and/or the water might be funneling through a small channel. If you are not going to plant it, you will need a much larger pot.

Thanks mblan!
I don’t know why I didn’t think of that. I guess I thought with the bulb it couldn’t be. Also some of my milkweed leaves started turning yellow a few weeks ago so I thought they were getting too much water.
In south Florida who knows. But it’s definitely looking better today !

Would you know the name of this specific milkweed? It has the hanging flowers