September 2013 in the Northern Hemisphere

[meanie]

C.ugandense flowers in flushes here. After a flush it will put on some fresh growth and then bloom again, and so on. Loves lots of water by the way.
Mine is still outdoors. A frost will finally hit it hard enough to defoliate it, at which point I'll bring it indoors and touch wood it'll be in bloom at Christmas. Then it will go into the big shed for the rest of winter.

[Maggi Young]

That's a pretty impressive performance for an African plant in the UK - I'd never have thought it would cope.

[meanie]

That's a pretty impressive performance for an African plant in the UK - I'd never have thought it would cope.

That was my reaction the first time that I let it catch a frost! But it is a few years old now in a big pot. I doubt that it would appreciate being abused like that for months on end, but a short spell seems ok. I'll find out spring 2015, because as I said it's in the ground next year.
On a similar theme, I find it to be a good way to get my Cymbidiums to bloom reliably.

[Brian Ellis]

Loves lots of water by the way.

Perhaps I was too cautious at giving too much water at this time of the year, you live and learn

[meanie]

Perhaps I was too cautious at giving too much water at this time of the year, you live and learn

Nope, spot on. Unless it's indoors and growing vigorously.

But from the warmer spring days through to mid October'ish give it plenty.