i give new arrivals to the house months of time to get over that stress.. before i even think about repotting ....

besides.. many peeps suggest not repotting in winter ...

its hard for me to see any brown in the leaves on this pic ... how cold was it outdoors.. when you brought it home??

ken

I see what you are talking about, the leaves have a burnished look. The newer growth looks ok, so that is encouraging. I think you just have to wait and see. Maybe it got too hot or too cold. Make sure it has good light, and don’t overwater. i would not repot at this time.

Where is the plant normally sitting in terms of lighting when not posing for pictures? The leaves that are damaged are not going to get better. How much cold was it exposed to and for how long? To me, it looks like cold damage, this species has very low chill tolerance.

That mak sense to me it sat at the very front of the store next to the doors and i have only had it two days. I have it sitting 2 ft from a glass door and I move it away from the door at night to keep it warmer.

I would return and get a different healthier one. Those leaves aren't going to recover.

I made the mistake of not protecting the plant when transporting it and it was probably in the teens when i took it home which is a seven minute drive

No bueno.

Wasn't your car heated? How long did you expose it to low temperatures?

It does look like cold damage. It is not the fault of the store unless all the plants there looked similar. Cut off the damaged leaves and it should recover provided you give it what it needs to thrive.

My sister in law and her husband visited us in Atlanta one January long ago. The weather was in the 70's on Saturday and short sleeve weather. My wife took them to our local chain nursery where they bought a "corn plant" in great health. That night it turned bitter cold - single digit temps. They had a pickup truck with a cap over the bed and that is where they placed this large corn plant the next day when they left. It was about a four hour trip back to Nashville for them and my brother in law said he watched those big green leaves curl and turn black by the time they got home. They tossed the plant but more than likely it might've come back from the roots if they had tried.

Here are some of mine that I bought as $5 plants at Walmart a few years ago. Baby plants eventually grow and need bigger pots.

I put four or five different types in a big pot and have them under LED shop lights 12 hours a day.