Keeping your plant warm and on the dry side will go a long way to keeping it alive. Being one of the "jewels", as I call them, the plant will not tolerate being moist all the time, nor will it respond very well to cool temperatures (below 60 degrees F). Usually the soil these plants come in is not as well draining as it needs to be. I've seen some come in almost pure peat, which is a death sentence for the plant if you water it like a "regular" house plant.
