I have had plants for many years, collecting different types. At my present home, I only have a limited room, and when I had a huge collection, the plants has to be cut back through the summer, and especially in the autumn. Then, most of them was placed in green plastic-boxes and put in a dark corner in my living-room. This prevented my living-room from being to damp in wintertime. Now, my collection only consists of a few but very special plants, but due to my travelling for extensive periods, they are made to be simple to maintain.

 When I had the huge caudiciform collection, they were taken out  from dormant quarter the first of April, and I started to water. Some had already started growing, others are slow starters. When I'm re-potted, it was usually to smaller pots! Some of the older plants was getting close to bonsai. The windows are facing west. I guess south would have been better, but it works. The pots was glazed clay, looking good, easy to clean but it doesn't let any air in for the roots. Not good, but it worked.

 The first couple of years, I had a air-humidity around 100%. Lost some plants because of that. Then I bought a de-humidity-device, got the humidity down to 45-50%, and then I lost some other plants. It aren't easy to grow from seeds any more either. BUT: The wall-paper are no longer green and black, my health is better and my girl-friend didn't complain about her shoos turning green and fluffy. 

 Recent years, I have been working in South Africa for half a year and in Copenhagen Botanical Garden, and most of my collection have been donated to the botanical garden. The few remaining plants are grown in stainless steel containers with my version of self-watering. I try to avoid Denmark at wintertime, and the plants are forced into dormancy. Works fine, and now I can see the world outside my windows!