Re: What do you think about this Catt!

Isn't their some judging rule that a judge should re-curse him/her self if
they know who owns the plant and this knowledge will affect (or effect ...I
forget which) their ability to judge it?

"Rob" <rob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Al wrote:
>> Orchid name registration with the RHS is voluntary. There is really
>> nothing but pressure from orchid collectors to stop a proliferation of
>> unregistered names. There are a lot of them out there, mericlones of
>> very nice plants from exotic locations whose parentage can not be traced.
>>
>> When my few plants have been awarded by the AOS, I got a receipt in the
>> mail from the judging location with all the specs and a bill for $40.00.
>> If I chose not to pay the bill, I still have the carbon of the award spec
>> to prove my orchid was deemed awardable, using my provisional name. Even
>> if I never pay to register the hybrid or pay the award registration fee I
>> can still call my plant what I want and say it was deemed awardable by
>> AOS judges and I chose not to pay for the privilege of making it
>> "official". I have my carbon as proof even if the AOS and RHS react
>> negatively. Yes, Civilization as we know it is ending because of this
>> problem. If the world only knew the true reason why. Of course I do pay
>> whatever they ask because I like the feel of parchment and the nifty
>> little kodachrome slide I get....and because I want to be liked and
>> recognized by important members of the orchid growing community. I
>> really really do, but then I am weird that way.
>>
>>
>
> Of course if you don't pay for your awards, you get 'black-listed' and
> cannot receive any more awards. Eventually the judging center figures out
> who you are... *grin* So there is some incentive to play by the rules.
>
> It is my experience that a lot of the plants from exotic locales are lucky
> to have any cross information at all. The growers make zillions of
> crosses. They don't register them all (that costs money). I'd wager that
> most of these growers would be happy for you to pay the registration fee.
>
>
>
>
> --
> Rob's Rules: http://littlefrogfarm.com
> 1) There is always room for one more orchid
> 2) There is always room for two more orchids
> 2a) See rule 1
> 3) When one has insufficient credit to obtain more
> orchids, obtain more credit
>

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