Went to judging today with 7 came home with 3

[SlipperKing]

Gave a preview of this one in my delenatii thread.

micranthum fma. eburneum 'Sexy' HCC/AOS

Judges thought it was on the small side, barely made the cut. 75pt

Paph ciliolare 'Rick's Pink Panther' HCC/AOS 79pt. Posted this one earlier

Paph delenatii fma album 'White Rabbit' AM/AOS. This is the fourth time to bloom and it hit on the right date! Also, first time to bloom with 2 flowers.

The ones that didn't make the cut;
lawrenceanum v. hyeanum. The judges didn't think the photographer could capture the flower without catching some of the synsepal (extra tissue). Of course I could not show my ST posting to show it was avoidable.

The std delenatii F3 I made. Too pale compared to today's standards (the vini X stds)oke:

javanicum- too weak of a stem. Of course the judges didn't know anything about most species slipper, yet alone this one. javanicums must all have weak tall stems and grow in tall grasses/ brush which supports the stems. oh well next time.

Dot's Phrag Joyce's Island Sunset because it sweep to the right

 

[Justin]

Awesome...the del and the mucranthum are to die for.

 

[AdamD]

Congrats! I bet you made the judges' day!

 

[John M]

Congratulations!

I love the album delenatii and of course, the micranthum. I LOVE micranthum eburneum!

 

[Spaph]

What a haul! Congrats for the awards and for taking all those plants for judging. What an accomplishment :clap:

 

[abax]

Good for you SK! I'm sure you've noticed that most AOS
judges know very little about most slipper orchids. I bestow on you the second ST/Award of Merit and the first
of 2017.

 

[Ozpaph]

you certainly went all in. Great set of plants.
If they thought the eburneum was small why did they award it? I like it anyway.

 

[Wendy]

A wonderful group of flowers! Congratulations!

 

[tnyr5]

you certainly went all in. Great set of plants.
If they thought the eburneum was small why did they award it? I like it anyway.

Size is 10 points; form is 40.

 

[Happypaphy7]

No awards because it sweeps to the right?
How ridiculous! Then, again, I have no interest in awards or judging.

Beautiful bunch!

 

[orchid527]

A nice bunch of flowers and deserving of the awards. Mike

 

[emydura]

Congratulations Rick. Your strike rate is amazing. I got a NFS ciliolare yesterday. I hope it looks half as good as yours.

 

[NYEric]

Congrats!

No awards because it sweeps to the right?
How ridiculous! Then, again, I have no interest in awards or judging.

You should, if you're head of an OS.

 

[Marco]

Well deserved..Congrats!

 

[Happypaphy7]

Congrats!

You should, if you're head of an OS.

Nah~ I like what I like.

 

[SlipperKing]

Congratulations Rick. Your strike rate is amazing. I got a NFS ciliolare yesterday. I hope it looks half as good as yours.

Thanks David. I hope it's even better then my.

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[MorandiWine]

Congrats on the awards. The eburn is super nice! Love the colors, how big is it? So many of them are tiny compared to standard micranthum. I hope they didnt compare it to non eburneums. IMHO it should be a different species.

T


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[Mark Karayannis]

Congrats Rick, you, v done an excellent job

 

[emydura]

No awards because it sweeps to the right?
How ridiculous! Then, again, I have no interest in awards or judging.

Beautiful bunch!

I don't understand your comment. Symmetry is an important criteria in orchid judging. This flaw is pretty obvious even to a non-orchid judge. If you ignore flaws and award everything then you devalue the whole award system. Only the very best should receive an award. Maybe next time it will have better symmetry and it can be awarded.

 

[SlipperKing]

MorandWine, I will try to take a pic of the paperwork tonight. I wondered the same thing. Reading over the last 3 awards the support group came up with is unclear. None used the word, eburneum in their description.
To the credit of the judges, they realize albanistic flowers do run smaller then the norm.
If I'd had one more day the petals would of been flatter. I had no choice, it would of not made for April 's judging.
I agree with you David. I realized the flower had flaws but its Dot's plant and I was trying for her, not that she ask I just took it in.

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