I grow it in intermediate conditions, with 12-14 degrees C at night in winter, in an east facing window that gets sun both in summer and in winter. I grow it in a very fast draining mixture, and my original plant is grown mounted on bark with a small wad of spagnum moss.
Some suggest it needs a nobile type dry winter rest, but I have found that seems to weaken the plant, which looses its leaves and then subsequent canes are smaller. Instead I water it weekly throughout the year.
Flowers form on last years canes, and on any nodes on previous years' canes that havent yet flowered. It flowers in the spring (northern hemisphere, London UK) for me, around March April, with flowers that are initially pale yellow and which become more deeply yellow as the plant ages. The flowers last for a good 4 to 6 weeks and are beautiful.
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