Vagaries of the judging system
So, I got my first quality award in several years a few days ago. Phrag
(St. Ouen x schlimii) "Littlefrog Princess" HCC/AOS. Squeaked by. Cute little thing, fuzzy, pink and quite round. As far as I know it hasn't been registered yet. The funny part is, I brought 5 plants. Four were Maudiae type paphs that I thought were easily HCC quality or better. I would not have been surprized to come home with one award out of the four, at least. I don't bring many plants to judging, I'm more critical of my own plants than anybody and I've been judging too long to be easily swayed. I haven't brought a plant in a year, probably. The phrag was an afterthought, I brought it mainly to show the group an example of some of the new phrag hybrids. All four paphs went to one team, who evidently weren't as impressed as I (although they did write 'keep' on one of the tags). The phrag (which I thought was not awardable) went to a team that wanted to give awards. And the worst thing is, the plant I really wanted to take to judging I left on the bench by mistake. One of the judges on the team that passed on all the paphs shared a ride home with me, and when she saw the plant I left at home she nearly swooned. Grrr.... Anyway, even orchid judges can't figure out the system some days. Have fun! Rob -- Rob's Rules: http://www.msu.edu/~halgren 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 LittlefrogFarm - Growing the plants Rob likes. ) |
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