Platystele stenostachy *MINI*

[Marleneann]

Nancy...do you have a picture of this orchid?
Thanks
Marleneann.

Originally Posted by nancy

Greetings -
My Platystele stenostachya went to the show in Alexandria, LA this past weekend. It is (I will admit) magnificent, with hundreds and hundreds of flowers.
It was pulled for consideration for an AOS award, but was not awarded. Our society member who set up the display said they (judges) spent a lot of time with it...his theory is that they chose not to award it because then they would have to count all the flowers.
I figure their reasons are their own; my question is - would all the blooms really have to be counted? I have clerked for the judges at a few shows, and they do attempt to quantify everything; a few friends with awarded plants have read the description from the AOS awards literature, which *does* always list the numbers of blooms, buds, etc.
This seems excessive (even a little anal) for a plant of this size. Anyone know if there would have to be a count?
On the positive side, local wisdom says that awarded plants are doomed to crash within a year after receiving the award, so I guess I get to keep it.
Regards - Nancy