View Single Post
  #6 (permalink)  
Old 08-28-2008, 06:27 AM
Des Des is offline
Senior Member
 

Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Port Elizabeth
Age: 61
Posts: 581
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Andrew View Post
Were they judging for awards or for ribbons/cultural awards, etc? The latter is predominantly judged on how well the plant has been grown and flowered rather than the quality of the breeding. I've seen a lot of well grown and flowered orchids win grand champion at orchid shows that probably wouldn't come anywhere near to getting a quality award.
They were judging for ribbons at the stage I was there . They did the award judging later . By that time I had to leave as I was in charge of plant sales . It was thrilling to see my plants get 4 firsts 2 seconds and a third and i only entered 8 plants !

Last edited by Des : 08-28-2008 at 06:29 AM.
Reply With Quote