Exactly what the amounts are depends on the species, though. Other plants have learned to face adversity - periods of cold or dry, when it makes sense to go dormant for a while. For many, going through a dormant period is required to trigger blooming. In the wild, plants recognize when to go dormant by being sensitive to shorter days, lower temperatures or reduced rainfall. In a house, dormancy is induced naturally by shorter days, or by your withholding water or putting the plant in a cooler spot.
Growth slows, and the plant needs less fertilizer and water.
When days lengthen and become warmer or you resume more generous watering, you complete the cycle, and flowering begins. No one source covers every houseplant, but university Internet sites are good sources of information about what particular plants need, as are books and the societies that seem to exist for nearly every plant except refrigerator mold. So think of every potential houseplant as a stranger you need to know more about before you bring it home.