[atmccmn]

I have read somewhere that elephantotis will go into dormancy too. But on my experience of growing them all, only my wallichii is dormant. It only happen at this time of the year and will resume growth in March. It looks very ugly! You'll get rotten 'cabbage' if water too often.

Sometimes I prefer hybrids. I find they are more hardy. This is very true for madagascariensis. I never have luck with it but not on the hybrids.