The Santa Barbara rd Santa Barbara International Orchid Show International Welcomes You to Our 73 Orchid Show 73rd Show! Officers President: Wayne Ferrell Vice President: John Ernest 's Great Treasurer: Don Burkey rld est o S Directors W h Joal Clayton, Jr., Michael DeRousse, Gary Gallup, Parry Gripp, Paul Gripp, e o George Hatfield, Lauris Rose, John Rowe, Jim Sloniker h w Staff T Show Manager: Nancy Melekian Publicist: Anderson PR Plant Registrar: Heidi Kirkpatrick Orchids Judging Ribbon Judging Chair: Jim Sloniker and Gayle Brodie AOS Judging Chair: Arthur Pinkers M CSA Judging Chair: John Rowe a 8 Display Judging Chair: Nancy Melekian r 01 Art Division Manager: Santa Barbara Art Association ch 9-11, 2 Floral Arrangement Chair: Ellis Evans Contact Information website: www.sborchidshow.com email: [email protected] publicity: [email protected] EXHIBITOR phone: 805-403-1533 mailing address: P.O. Box 1223, Carpinteria, California 93014-1223 GUIDE General Information The Santa Barbara International Orchid Show is held at the Earl Warren Showgrounds, located at Las Positas Road and Highway 101. The street address is 3400 Calle Real, Santa Barbara, CA 93105. 3 Quick Guide to Registering your Plant for Judging Enter plants for ribbon, AOS or CSA judging (Not entering plants? Skip this page and finish installing your display.) Contents Submit your entry forms EARLY. Obtain entry forms from the Plant Registrar. Online registration is available till 7 PM Tuesday, March 6, 2018. Rules and Regulations 2 1. Ribbon Judging—Enter quality plants for ribbons and trophies. A. Fill out registration form with your name and address Judging Times 3 and the plant’s name and parentage. Check the Display Judging 4 “ribbon judging” box. Requirements for Displays/Exhibits 5 B. Enter your plant in a class and section. For example, Paphiopedilum malipoense would be class 14, section 91. Requirements for Plants and Cut Flowers 6 “Contents” on the first page of this book will help Special Awards 7 you find the class and section of your plant. Show Trophies 8 2. AOS Judging—for exceptional plants that don’t already have AOS awards, or are blooming better than when last awarded. Use the Display Division & Educational Exhibits (classes 1-2) 15 same registration form as for Ribbon Judging, but check “AOS.” Specimen Blooming Plants Showing Mark plant with red ribbon (provided by Show). Excellence of Culture (class 3) 15 3. CSA Judging—for exceptional cymbidiums, paphiopedilums and Cymbidium (classes 4-10) 16 phragmipediums. Use the same registration form as for Ribbon Groups of Orchids (class 11) 17 Judging, but check “CSA.” Fill out CSA judging form. Mark plant with green ribbon (provided by Show). Cattleya Alliance (classes 12-13) 18 YOU apply your sticky registration label to the plant to be judged. Cypripedium (Paphiopedilum) Alliance (classes 14-20) 19 Online registrants should have these in their packets Wednesday, Vanda Alliance (class 19-20) 20 March 7, 2018, by 12 noon. If you register at the show, you will Oncidium Alliance (class 21) 21 get your labels as they are produced, at least by 7 am, Thursday, March 8, 2018. Dendrobium (class 22) 21 (Note: the judges have to be able to find the label and figure out Other Genera (classes 23-24) 22 which plant it belongs to. Most exhibitors put their sticky labels on a leaf of the plant. Ribbons help ID plants for AOS and CSA Juried Art and Photography Exhibit (class 25) 23 judging.) Judging Labels must be on your plants by 8 AM, Thursday, March 8, 2018. NotiFY registrar if you WitHDR AW a plaNT from JUdgiNG 1 Rules and Regulations Award Judging—Thursday, March 8, 2018 Show hours are 9 am to 5 pm Friday, March 9 - Sunday, March 11, 2018. DISPLAY JUDGING: 10 pm Exhibit Set-up Tuesday, March 6 12 noon to 6 pm RIBBON JUDGING: 9 am Wednesday, March 7 8 am to 9 pm Thursday, March 8 7 am to 8 am CSA JUDGING: 9:30 am Exhibit Take-down JUDGES’ LUNCHEON: 12 noon at Earl’s Place All exhibits MUST remain in place until after the close of the show on Sunday, March 11 2018, at 5 pm. Take-down is from 5:15 pm to 8 pm. Exhibit hall AOS JUDGING: 1 pm is closed to all but Show Staff from 5 pm to 5:15 pm. Exhibitors must wear exhibitor ribbons during take-down. • Judging is under the direction of the respective Chairs of Judging. Judges’ decisions are final. Judging may be withheld if entries are not Vendor Set-up up to suitable standards of quality, correctness of entry requirements Wednesday, March 7 8 am to 9 pm and labeling, or if plants are so located that proper judging cannot be Thursday, March 8 8 am to 8 pm; accomplished. Sales are not open during judging. Friday, March 9 7 am to 9 am • Exhibitors are responsible for placing plant judging labels, provided by the Plant Registrar, on their plants. Vendor Take-down Vendor booths must remain open until Sunday, March 11 at 5 pm. If you sell • Exhibitors agree to accept any AOS or CSA awards and are responsible out early, please notify the show manager. Booth space may only be sold by for award fees due the AOS or CSA. Exhibitors may instead clearly the Santa Barbara International Orchid Show. label individual plants not to be judged or may exclude their exhibit as a whole from AOS or CSA judging. Plant Registration To be judged for ribbon, AOS or CSA judging, plants must be registered either • Plants for judging must be placed in an accessible area within the exhibit. online or at the show. Exhibitors will receive a sticky label for each registered • Plants entered as a groUP for ribbon judging should be encircled Exhibitors must affix the label to a leaf or other prominent spot plant. by WHITE ribbon, available from the Plant Registrar. before 8 AM on Thursday, March 8, 2018. • Plants entered for AOS Judging should be marked by RED ribbon, Online: Plant registration may be submitted online via the show website, www. available from the Plant Registrar. sborchidshow.com. The deadline for online plant registration • Plants entered for CSA Judging should be marked by GREEN is 7 PM Tuesday, March 6, 2018. Online registrants will have plant ribbon, available from the Plant Registrar. judging labels in their packets by noon on Wednesday, March 7, 2018. Definitions: On site: Plants may be registered at the show until 7 PM Amateur Any person who has not sold more than a total Wednesday, March 7, 2018 . Plant judging labels for plants of 500 plants, flower spikes, or flasks in the registered on-site will be ready as they become available; labels for plants past year. registered after 3 pm on Wednesday, March 7 will be available by 7 am, Open Class Any type of grower may enter. Thursday, March 8, 2018. 2 3 Display Judging rarity of species and lesser known genera balanced against well- known genera, species and hybrids • Displays are judged by class. Ribbons will not be awarded if, in the The judges should evaluate variety in similar terms as in the opinion of the judges, the quality of the displays in a class do not principles of design, using balance between the varieties, con- warrant recognition. Perpetual trophies are awarded to the highest trast of types and dominance of any one variety of orchid as scoring display in each class. Displays containing a majority of non- guidance. orchid plants will not be part of judging. Dyed orchids or artificial plant material are prohibited. • Labeling is evaluated on completeness (all orchids must be labelled), correctness of names, neatness, and legibility to the viewing public. • Displays are judged using the following scale: The labels should be unobtrusive and not detract from the orchid General arrangement (Design) 40 points exhibit. Expression of Theme 10 points Flower Quality 30 points Requirements for Displays/Exhibits: Variety 15 points Labeling 5 points 1. Displays are automatically entered for judging unless otherwise indicated on the initial application. Please notify the Plant • Design should include consideration of: Registrar if your display class or size changes from your initial Balance Contrast Proportion application form! Rhythm Distinction Scale Originality/creativity Texture Dominance. 2. Exhibits will be entered in only one class. Foreign exhibits are the Table tops should have skirts. Plastic pots should be covered exception and also will be entered in Section 10, Foreign Exhibit. and clay pots should be new or cleaned. 3. To maintain the quality of the show, exhibitors not meeting • Quality of flowers should include consideration of: minimum standards will be notified in writing. An exhibitor whose Color-should be clear, bright and strong, consistent with type display does not meet minimum standards for two consecutive Form of flower-appropriate for type years may be refused exhibition space. Condition (freshness)-undamaged flowers, free of disease, spotting 4. The Show Management reserves the right to remove an inferior Leaves-clean of disease, spotting of minerals from water, exhibit or any part of an exhibit at any time. black areas on many leaves that detract Strong, healthy plants 5. Perpetual trophies will be exhibited on the displays during the show, but retained by the Show Management at the end of the show. • Variety should reflect the intent of the exhibit: If it is a specialized exhibit of a single genus or alliance, then 6. The Show does not accept responsibility for damage to or loss color variation, variety of the species or related hybrids, variety of plants, blooms, corsages, containers, or other exhibitor in form, or other factors including, possibly, high degrees of property.