"I LOVE to take risks! You never know -- I might succeed!"
I am working very hard at keeping a list of orchids I want that I know I can reasonably care for.... but I can be so darn impulsive looking at a pretty one, and before I know it, it's mine.
Several times I've gotten home and done a "alrighty, time to check out the culural needs on this baby!" then a "Hmmm, how am I gonna work this one out?"
I have a hodge podge little collection with different requirements somehow all managing to grow together. Sure, some are happier than others, but no major casualties as of yet.
But... as you can see... no masdies or draculas in my collection either! I know straight out that I don't have the humidity for them, so I resist like crazy buying them. The risk I take also has to do with the price too. I try very hard to resist taking a chance on something more pricey.