In my experience, most of the NOID plants are grown by beginning growers and are placed in classes against other beginners. As such, they have the ability to win ribbons versus their peers including blue ribbons. The purpose of ribbon judging, in my opinion, is to encourage growers to exhibit their plants especially beginners. As a result we are much more lenient with them than more experienced growers.
I've never seen any further awards for such plants other than "best white phalaenopsis" by novice growers or something similar. They cannot compete quality wise generally with advanced and commercial growers for the best in show ribbons, and obviously don't qualify for AOS awards.
The largest problem with show registrations are misclassified plants. There are entirely too many plants that aren't even close to the proper class, and they can preclude the exhibitor from receiving awards. It's a shame if a plant is worthy but not in the proper class. If you are exhibiting and not quite sure, ask for some help to assign the proper class to your plant.
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