Moderate occasional food and moderate water is all that is required. This Lady of the night even handles dry soil well. They are very long lived. We have some 20 years old with no signs of decline. Flowers hold for a long time and a happy specimen can show off 100's on any given evening.
Maximum performance is in the most humid part of summer.
The more humid the weather, the further it can be smelled, which can easily be 100 feet away. The more humid the weather, the more blooms appear on this Lady of the Night. You can cut flower groups off the stem after sundown, take the stem indoors and perfume your whole house. You should take the cutting after dark for maximum aroma although cut during the day, flowers still burst into fragrance indoors after sundown. Stem placed in water, one cut piece will perfume your home for many days.