Isn't their some judging rule that a judge should re-curse him/her self if
they know who owns the plant and this knowledge will affect (or effect ...I
forget which) their ability to judge it?
"Rob" wrote in message
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Al wrote:
Orchid name registration with the RHS is voluntary. There is really
nothing but pressure from orchid collectors to stop a proliferation of
unregistered names. There are a lot of them out there, mericlones of
very nice plants from exotic locations whose parentage can not be traced.
When my few plants have been awarded by the AOS, I got a receipt in the
mail from the judging location with all the specs and a bill for $40.00.
If I chose not to pay the bill, I still have the carbon of the award spec
to prove my orchid was deemed awardable, using my provisional name. Even
if I never pay to register the hybrid or pay the award registration fee I
can still call my plant what I want and say it was deemed awardable by
AOS judges and I chose not to pay for the privilege of making it
"official". I have my carbon as proof even if the AOS and RHS react
negatively. Yes, Civilization as we know it is ending because of this
problem. If the world only knew the true reason why. Of course I do pay
whatever they ask because I like the feel of parchment and the nifty
little kodachrome slide I get....and because I want to be liked and
recognized by important members of the orchid growing community. I
really really do, but then I am weird that way.
Of course if you don't pay for your awards, you get 'black-listed' and
cannot receive any more awards. Eventually the judging center figures out
who you are... *grin* So there is some incentive to play by the rules.
It is my experience that a lot of the plants from exotic locales are lucky
to have any cross information at all. The growers make zillions of
crosses. They don't register them all (that costs money). I'd wager that
most of these growers would be happy for you to pay the registration fee.
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Rob's Rules: http://littlefrogfarm.com
1) There is always room for one more orchid
2) There is always room for two more orchids
2a) See rule 1
3) When one has insufficient credit to obtain more
orchids, obtain more credit