Jean Allen Ikeson Your comments are wasteful and misdirected. No suggestion was made, by either myself, or Marc, that the AOS judging is crooked and deliberately aimed at aiding commercial vendors of orchids. We all know this is not true and we do not need to read the AOS handbook on judging to know it.
It is a well known fact, among all who grow orchids, that AOS awarded plants, whether these are sold by individuals at local orchid society meetings, or by commercial orchid vendors, are more desirable and fetch more money than non-awarded plants. Thus whether you like it or not, AOS awards do endorse plants on the sales table. It is puzzling that you, as a student AOS judge, take offence at a by-product of AOS judging excellence. Peter
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