We all know that when choosing an orchid, the conventional wisdom says to pick one that will like the growing conditions we can provide -- afterall, an unhappy plant is unlikely to bloom.

Over the years, however, I have found that from time to time temptation or ignorance has led me to try plants I have little chance of blooming and sometimes not even good odds of keeping alive. For example, this lil fella that I aquired via a trade -- will I be able to bloom it? I'm not even sure I'll be able to keep it alive. But the lil devil was just so cute!....

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So here's the question ... how much do you like to "push the envelope"?

Hmmm, sorry folks -- looks like I confused the issue when I wrote the poll statements. The "No's" should be "Yes's" and vice versa.