I have clerked for judges and been to judges meetings and just went thru the CBM vs CHM argument recently over a brassavola revoluta with 2 ugly flowers. It was given a CBR by vote over the CHM bec as it was put 'a plant with a CHM should be one that in the future everyone will want one and they fly off the shelves'. A CBR was given bec it wasnt a plant you see grown often in collections or grown at all. The flower looked no better than any of the other revoluta's given for comparison by OWiz so was not an option to give it anything else. Was run of the mill nothing special other than no one had ever seen or judged one.
I didnt see the flower as having much Botanical merit either myself.
So as to why do some flowers not get the respect they deserve or deserved lies within each AOS affiliate organization. Each seems to be area specific as to what they enjoy. Its just people and their preferences more than a conspiracy to keep a plant down by size or genus.
As one put it to me recently "My flowers in any other place but where I lives are award quality"
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