On Wed, 19 Oct 2005 17:23:04 +0000 (UTC),
(Dave Sheehy) wrote:
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I attended the show in Sonoma last weekend and came away with a bunch of
cool stuff. I bought a Cycnoches hybrid of some sort, an Aerangis citrata,
and a Gongora fulva for my shadier growing area. I picked up a Cymbidium
tracyanum for the front porch. And I got a Cattleya dowiana 'aurea' which
I have to find a place for. Finally, I'm taking a chance on a Ghost Orchid
just to see what it does. It's sitting in a Vanda basket where it gets light
and can get misted regularly.
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Dave

Missed seeing you in Sonoma. We were there from Wed. night to
Sat. noon. Judged with Kath. Fun and a nice - nice sale. I
promised to not buy. So I only came away with 4. Have to blame
Bulbo Jersey. There was a great one in the show. I could not
resist buying one from Cal-Orchids along with Ang elephaninum &
Aerangis pumilio. After Alan Koch's talk I got Lc Kiritsubo. I
should have gotten it Thursday night during the preview party.
The plant I loved then was gone. It is the only one in bloom,
but it got so beat up on the way home I can not photograph it.

I wanted to ask someone there about the three tier judging.
Novice, Intermediate, Advanced/Commercial. What are the
differences and criteria for a person/plant to be in a level?

We group the hobby growers for ribbon judging and have a second
class for Professional growers (Denver Botanic Garden and
Commercial growers). We have an award for the Novice doing the
first display in a judged show. Before the Professional status
was set up, hobby growers were loosing all the ribbons to the
Denver Botanic Gardens. We thought the hobby growers deserved to
have a better shot at ribbons.



SuE
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