I've heard from several sources that when armeniacum was first shown to
judges the bright yellow color was like a strong drug that made them do
crazy things. They gave a bunch of FCCs to the early generations in culture
and now there are much better specimens that have several generations of
selection behind them. This is a good example of a buyer beware......if its
an early FCC and you pay a big price you are getting taken.

So if someone shows a really deserving specimen of armeniacum are they at a
disadvantage? I know it's all about measurements...yes, size counts! Does
the judging team score something thats 10% bigger than an FCC awarded 10
years ago as an AM (or lower)?

Gene



"K Barrett" wrote in message
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And look at how many FCCs Paph rothschildianum has. I think someone
mentioned that some judges think a plant has 'too many' awards and
therefore
no longer consider a plant judging. Well, obviously not. Same could be
said for Paph armeniacum.

K Barrett

"Gene Schurg" wrote in message
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Yeah...Look at Paph rothchildianum.

An FCC awarded plant is outrageously expensive.

Gene




"TRAINMAN9" wrote in message
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and I have found that an award does not really change a
plants value.

Not for clonable plants but for Paphs and Phrags the value definately
goes
up.
Depending on what the plant is newly awarded plants command a big
premium.
Some
whites seem to demand an tremendous premium some well over 2k, while
others are
usually in the $250-500 range per growth.

In time the cost does come down somewhat unless the plant is a good
breeder.

Prior to cloning most other awarded orchids also commanded premiums
but
with
the advent of the cloning process and production of thousands of
identical
plants the prices came down to less than $25 for a mature plant and in
some
cases under $10.