That doesn't fit with my experience.
For one, I grow them in semi-hydro culture, so they've always had lots of water. Secondly, In my greenhouse in PA, they never got colder than 65°, yet always bloomed fine. Here in NC, they are out on a hot deck from April through October - and typically bloom sometimes in that period - and in my house over winter - again, never really cold.
Maybe they're like phals that need a cooler period of a certain magnitude, not absolute temperatures.
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