hmm...so it's nature/nurture, is it?
if whatever orchid happens to win my contest is one you all like, you should use it. then I could play too.
how tightly are you planning on controlling the conditions though? ie, are you all going to grow in the same media, same fertilizer, same watering schedule, etc, or are you going to just do whatever you think is best for the plant and see how things turn out?