NOID plants can certainly win ribbons including blue ribbons in a show if they deserve them. AOS awards hybrids and species have known backgrounds. What would you call a NOID plant for the award, and how do you publish a question mark? This is the reason that species that receive CBR's or CHM's need to be identified by approved authorities prior to the award being published. There is no way to be absolutely certain about many hybrid crosses.........
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