Hello,
I'm pretty much a novice grower when it comes to these plants. A neighbor gave me a small one a couple of years ago, it blooms pretty well outside in a pot but it was very late in season. I overwintered it in basement under fluorescent lites, it didn't do much except retain a few leaves, I put it back outside the next summer, no blooms all summer but when it was moved to garage in a kind of pre-basement move, it started blooming, I let it bloom out in kitchen then moved it to basement where again it received but marginal light, but remained alive; so this summer back out it went but this past year, no blooms. Presently it is getting ready to translocate again to basement. I noted about they are heavy feeders, my lack of diligence in maintaining a regular fertilizer regimen probably was detrimental to their possible magnificence.
Now, if I understand Duane correctly? it should be possible to allow the plant to go dormant over winter (cup of water a month only). If I can do this it will allow limited basement lighted area to be better utilized by other tenders the next 5/6 months.
Summary - so it's ok to strip plant of leaves, place it in an out of the way spot where it will not freeze, water otherwise dry pot about a cup a month...until able to boost/rejuvenate next spring?
Thankyou for any confirmation/advise.
