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Ernie
Guest
Did a marathon of judging yesterday, Sunday, July 27, in Des Moines, Iowa. Instead of a show, they invite a couple speakers in and have a sanctioned AOS judging. Alan Koch and Roy Tokunaga were the speakers, but we didn't see one second of their talks. Left Chicago at 4 am, got to Des Moines about 9:15 and started judging straight away. Broke for a delicious lunch then got back to it for a couple more hours then broke again for sweets. Back to it, finishing at about 4:00 pm. Got home at 9:30 pm.
There were 40 plants entered, and the two teams awarded 10 plants; some of the plants got multiple awards. There were lots of Neos! Our team awarded an AM and CCM to one. Also had some neat little species getting CHM's and CBRs. An Epi whittenii stands out right now probably because it was the last thing we did. Slipper-wise, our team gave an 83 pt AM to a Becky Fouke (Armeni White X primulinum). A Paph Jerry Lee Fischer was VERY VERY striking, but didn't quite make the mark due to form issues that might hopefully bloom out next time. Honestly, the whole thing is a blur in my mind at the moment. Maybe someone took some pix to post??? I just got some of Kathy Creger's filthy feet (at least the one not all sutured and wrapped up).
-Ernie
There were 40 plants entered, and the two teams awarded 10 plants; some of the plants got multiple awards. There were lots of Neos! Our team awarded an AM and CCM to one. Also had some neat little species getting CHM's and CBRs. An Epi whittenii stands out right now probably because it was the last thing we did. Slipper-wise, our team gave an 83 pt AM to a Becky Fouke (Armeni White X primulinum). A Paph Jerry Lee Fischer was VERY VERY striking, but didn't quite make the mark due to form issues that might hopefully bloom out next time. Honestly, the whole thing is a blur in my mind at the moment. Maybe someone took some pix to post??? I just got some of Kathy Creger's filthy feet (at least the one not all sutured and wrapped up).
-Ernie