phrags in winter
 

I have the hybrid "uranus". During the summer I place it outdoors under the canopy of an apple tree. It is on an automatic watering system which waters it once a day with ordinary tap water. In September I bring it indoors and place it in the basement. It gets indirect light and more tap water which runs off into an aquarium. Winter temperatures in the basement are as low as 48F. The only thing I have ever been careful about is never letting it dry completely out. Other than that I have kept it in the same pot for over 6 years. This is a small plastic bucket with a hole in the bottom. The plant offsets well but has only bloomed once. Old leaves routinely turn yellow and die. This happens mostly during the winter when I can loose as many as three leaves. I don't fertilize this plant very often and when I do, it is a water soluble mix during the summer. I think it probably needs more light to flower, but I have found sometimes it is the size of the plant that determines when blooms will appear.

Mine likes a lot of light. I was surprised how much. The first years I had it, it didn't bloom. I increased light and cut back on fertilizer and now it's happy. It gets morning sun and some evening sun as well during the summer. East window for the winter.