Hi Jeff,
I wouldn't try to make them dormant at all. In their native habitat, the season is long and winters mild to non-existant. They'll just remain in flower as vigorously as the light, warmth and nutrients allow.
Re-read my posts above in this thread. My best plant was placed by our sliding glass entry door and kept like a house plant. With no more care than the other plants received. Water, pluck dead leaves, cull a bare branch. Repot if it would help, just like any other potted plant.
I dug it up, didn't stress the roots or alter the root ball in any way, then plunked it in a nice pot with whatever new miracle grow filled it. No extra light. It didn't even drop flowers. Though later in winter indoors, I had to lend a hand with pollenating.
The following year I just left in that pot, but moved it to the gh, then back indoors again come fall. I grew this same plant four years continuously.
With the waxy leaves, it did well indoors.
Ed
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