Sgf Orchid Show 2018 Show Schedule
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SGF ORCHID SHOW 2018 SHOW SCHEDULE To be held at NATIONAL ORCHID GARDEN 21 – 29 APRIL 2018 8.30 am – 7.00 pm (last admission at 6.00 pm) Registration of plants: Thursday 19 April 2018 Judging Day: Friday 20 April 2018 Organised by: SGF ORCHID SHOW 2018 ESSENTIAL INFORMATION 1 Show Secretariat Contact: Ms Lim Guat Bee Ms Aw Yan Ling Contact No.: (65) 6352 9220 Contact No.: (65) 6471 7133 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] 2 This show will include landscape competitions in 10 & 15 sq m plots. Entries are invited from all interested persons and parties. The set-up of landscape displays is from 17 – 19 April 2018 (3 days); teardown of landscape displays is on 30 April 2018 (1 day). Please refer to the Orchid Landscape Display competition kit for more information. Submission of entry form and design sketch will close on 31 January 2018, 5pm and shortlisted exhibitors will be informed within 2 weeks of the closing date. Vehicle access to the Orchid Plaza must be arranged with show secretariat and is strictly for offloading plants and materials. 3 Competition plants will be officially labelled at registration, and exhibited separately from landscapes. It is important that exhibitors correctly identify and label/name their plants before registration, to avoid delays. 4 Registration of plants is on Thursday 19 April 2018 (10.00 am – 5.00 pm) at Burkill Hall, National Orchid Garden, Singapore Botanic Gardens. There is no entry fee. Permission for vehicle access to Burkill Hall must be arranged with show secretariat. There is no parking available at Burkill Hall, entry is strictly for unloading of plants for registration. 1 5 Registration in advance is encouraged. For advanced registration please contact the Show Secretariat for details. 6 Acceptance of plants is at the discretion of the registration desk and appeals may be made to the Chair of Judges whose decision will be final. 7 For overseas exhibitors, CITES and phytosanitary inspections by AVA and AVA Rules regarding CITES and Phytosanitary provisions are available from the Show Secretariat and will be forwarded to exhibitors on request. 8 The Show will be officially opened on Saturday 21 April 2018, 8.30 am and will remain open to the public until Sunday 29 April 2018, 7.00 pm (last entry at 6pm). 9 Trophy winners will be presented at the Official Opening of the Show. 10 Winners of trophies may retain their trophies for a period of 1 year with an undertaking of safe return, but trophies will be exhibited with the winning plants during the show. 11 The Show Organisers may remove or replace plants or flowers unable to last the full duration of the show. Exhibitors whose plants are removed from the display will be notified. 12 While care will be taken to safeguard the exhibits, exhibits are accepted at the owner’s risk. The Show Committee cannot accept responsibility for damage or loss of any exhibit. 13 Plants may be reclaimed on Sunday 29 April 2018, from 7.00 pm evening / after close of show, or on the following day from 8.00 am – 5.00 pm. COMPETITION RULES 1 Plants registered for competition will be placed in sections for judging by the stewards. Exhibitors may not place plants within the individual competition area. Plants remaining in landscapes will not be judged as competition plants. 2 Exhibitors may enter exhibits in their name, or under a pseudonym. Corporate or organisational names are allowed. Joint entries are not allowed. 3 Exhibitors will be classed as amateur or professional/commercial. An amateur is a hobby grower whose winning will not benefit or be thought to benefit a professional or commercial grower or organisation. Spouses and close family members of professional or commercial growers may not exhibit as amateurs. 4 Judging will be by invited Judges, who will only consider landscapes and registered competitive plants. 5 Challenge cups, ribbons and medals will be awarded. Challenge Cups are awarded in the discretion of Judges to worthy winners. Ribbons are awarded for first second and third placing within classes. Gold, silver and bronze medals are awarded on the basis of absolute merit, and any number (or none) may be awarded at the discretion of Judges. Time permitting, OSSEA Award Judging will also be carried out. 6 A plant may receive more than one award. 2 7 The judges may in their discretion withhold any award if exhibited plants are considered unworthy. 8 Orchids with attractive or variegated foliage will be judged as foliage plants, but if in flower, they will also be considered in the respective floral sections. 9 Landscapes should not contain flowering plants other than orchids. 10 The Chair of Judges has the authority to decide the class of entry of a particular plant. 11 To be eligible for the Yuen-Peng McNeice Challenge Cup, specimen plants should be single plants. 12 Where more than one plant is in a pot or other container or mount, only the best will be judged. In the case of Papilionanthe and strongly terete Papilionandas, up to 5 plants (stems) may be included in the pot and will be judged as a group, see the note at the relevant schedule classes. 13 Stakes or wires must be unobtrusive, must not touch any part of any flower, including the pedicel, and must not extend beyond the first flower on any spray, except in the case of Phalaenopsis and Oncidium Alliance exhibits. 14 Disbudded plants, diseased plants and newly collected jungle plants are not to be exhibited. 15 No exhibit may be removed before the close of the Show without the permission of the Show Manager. 16 Any infringement of these rules may lead to the disqualification of the exhibit or exhibitor concerned. Any protest concerning such infringement or any other matter must be made to the Show Chair, whose decision shall be final. SPECIAL AWARDS AND POINTS 1 Special Awards: (i) The President’s Challenge Cup for the Grand Champion plant (ii) The Orchid Society of South East Asia Championship Cup for the Exhibitor awarded the greatest number of first places in various classes. In the event of a tie, the number of second places will be used, etc. (iii) H.H. Sultan of Johor’s Perpetual Trophy to the Amateur scoring the highest number of points (iv) Tan Jiew Hoe Challenge Cup for the Best Landscape (v) Yuen-Peng McNeice Challenge Cup for the Best Specimen Plant (vi) Penang Gardening Society Challenge Cup for the Best Species (vii) John Laycock Challenge Cup for the Best Hybrid 3 2 Other Challenge Cups to be awarded are listed in the schedule below. All such Challenge Cups are awarded at the discretion of judges only to plants that meet the standard expected for a challenge cup. 3 For determining the H.H. Sultan of Johor’s Perpetual Trophy, amateur exhibits will receive points as follows: Exhibits 1st 2nd 3rd Individual Plants in classes 4 pts 2 pts 1 pts THE SCHEDULE GROUP A: Landscapes SECTION 1 All Landscapes Tan Jiew Hoe Challenge Cup for the Best Landscape (Classes 1 & 2) Straits Times Challenge Cup for the best 10sq m landscape (Class 1) Straits Times Challenge Cup for the best 15sq m landscape (Class 2) Class 1. Landscapes 10 sq m 2. Landscapes 15 sq m GROUP B: Vandeae SECTION 2 Strap-leaf Vanda Species and Hybrids – large flowered: Flowers 6cm or more high or wide Includes all large-flowered genera registered as Vanda as of January 2013 (e.g. large Ascocendas). Koh Keng Hoe Challenge Cup for the best strap leaf Vanda species or hybrid without sanderiana strain, or Papilionanda Mimi Palmer & its hybrids (Classes 3 & 4, 12) Chay Sing Hai Challenge Cup for the best Vanda sanderiana or hybrid with sanderiana strain (Classes 5-9) Class 3. Vanda species, excluding V sanderiana 4. Vanda hybrids with no V sanderiana strain 5. Vanda sanderiana 6. Vanda hybrids with V sanderiana strain, predominantly blue or purple 7. Vanda hybrids with V sanderiana strain, predominantly pink, orange or red 8. Vanda hybrids with V sanderiana strain, predominantly yellow or white 9. Vanda hybrids with V sanderiana strain, any other colour or pattern, including V sanderiana type colour and pattern. 4 SECTION 3 Strap-leaf Vanda Species and Hybrids – small flowered: Flowers below 6 cm high or wide. Includes all small flowered genera registered as Vanda as of January 2013 (e.g. Ascocentrum, small Ascocendas, Neofinetia). Tan Kah Kee Challenge Cup for the best small flowered Vanda species or hybrid (Classes 10-11) Class 10. Vanda species 11. Vanda hybrids SECTION 4 Papilionanthe Species and Hybrids, and Papilionanda Includes all former terete and semi- or part-terete vandas. For Classes 13 & 14, up to five plants (stems) may be included per pot and will be judged as a collection. If more than five stems are included, only the best single stem will be considered. Koh Cheng Khiang Challenge Cup for the best Papilionanthe species or semi-terete hybrid (Classes 13 & 14) Tan Hoon Siang Challenge Cup for the best Papilionanda (Vanda) Tan Chay Yan or similar hybrid (Class 15) Lee Kim Hong Challenge Cup for the best Papilionanda (semi- or part-terete Vanda) or Papilionanthe multigeneric (Classes 16 & 17) Class 12. Papilionanda Mimi Palmer and hybrids with strong Mimi Palmer influence 13. Papilionanthe species or hybrids 14. Papilionanda hybrids, semi-terete with strong Papilionanthe influence, e.g. Pda Rubella 15. Papilionanda hybrids - Tan Chay Yan type with peach/salmon coloration 16. Papilionanda hybrids – Others 17. Papilionanthe intergeneric hybrids with Papilionanthe influence predominant SECTION 5 Arachnis, Renanthera and Allied Hybrids including Aranda Yeoh Bok Choon Challenge Cup for the best Arachnis species or classic hybrid (Classes 18-19) Sun Kee Flower Shop Challenge Cup for the best Aranda (Classes 20-22) Lim Theng Hin Challenge Cup for the best Renanthera or Allied Hybrid (Classes 23 -26) Class 18.