Hmmmm...Maybe that's what I will do with my epi this winter...give it a literal "cold" treatment

Here's how my epi looked like in April 2010



And here's how they are right now:



Hoping for the best for this epi...

I have had one of those for years and years, and it has never bloomed. Maybe it doesn't get cold enough in the desert for it? It makes me sad because it is suppose to have a huge red bloom, but I've never seen it.

GardenguyAZ, your epi will bloom when it gets rootbound. you can always give them a bloom booster fertilizer in the spring.