Fukiran Judging Event, Philadelphia, PA, April 14, 2013

[Call_Me_Bob]

Originally Posted by DelawareJim

I hope to. I took about a dozen photos of the Fukiran display at the National Capital Orchid show in DC last October.

2012 National Capital Orchid Society Show - Fukiran Society of America

Cheers.
Jim

Any of those yours!?

Mine aren't close to that size and niceness.

[rangiku]

Jim and not Bob, both of you take your plants for judging. I'm sure Satomi will give you pointers.

Wish I could be there with you guys.

[DelawareJim]

Originally Posted by Call_Me_Bob

Any of those yours!?

Mine aren't close to that size and niceness.

Ha! I wish. Mine aren't even close. Sounds like you and I will be pretty evenly matched.

Cheers.
Jim

[Call_Me_Bob]

Originally Posted by DelawareJim

Ha! I wish. Mine aren't even close. Sounds like you and I will be pretty evenly matched.

Cheers.
Jim

Eh I dunno, I only have two. I'm not sure if I'll even bring the smaller of the two. It's a 'Senzai' only 1 growth, and it's super tiny. What would you guys do? The 'Setsuzan' I plan on bringing, but it's nothing fancy, just two fans and a nice root tip. I'm not sure what color the roots would be classified under! Unfortunately, that is the extent of my collection

[rangiku]

Bring them both, not Bob.

[Call_Me_Bob]

Originally Posted by rangiku

Bring them both, not Bob.

I'll send you a photo, I honestly am not sure if I'll get laughed at for bringing it

[Call_Me_Bob]

Bump! It's tomorrow! Hope to see you there Jim! And anyone else who is coming!

[AnonYMouse]

Waiting patiently for a report.

[DelawareJim]

Hi all.

Somehow I managed to take 3rd place, with a 4-fan Rain-No-Hikari. Quite frankly, I'm still a little stunned.

All the plants looked really good.

The 1st and 2nd place plants were huge and I actually didn't think I stood a chance when I saw them and some others. They were easily 15 plus fan plants.

I think Al Pickerel from Al's Orchid Greenhouse took 2nd, and Susan Kolhavi from the National Capital Orchid Society took 1st.

The top 5 plants each received a traditional Japanese ceramic Fukiran pot and the top 3 received a plaque with a pocket to insert a picture of the plant. The pot I received is like this:


I'll try to post mine on Thursday. Like "Bob", I'm a bit fried between the Judging, touring the exhibits with my wife and shopping on Sunday and clerking on Friday.

Lots of people took pictures and I know I'll be sending the few I took and others will be send in for posting on the Fukiran Society of America website, so stay tuned.
Fukiran Society of America - Home Page

Cheers.
Jim

[coffeecup]

Grats Jim! Can't wait to see the photos!