Jacksonville Orchid Society, Inc. 2019 JOS Orchid Show – Regulations and Classifications EXHIBITS AND EXHIBITORS 1. Any person who so desires may exhibit his or her orchid plants at the Jacksonville Orchid Society Show on the Individual Entry table or in a Space Exhibit. Each person, by exhibiting his or her plants agrees to comply with all of these Show Regulations. 2. Any person who desires to exhibit his or her plants in a Space Exhibit arrangement may do so within the limits of available space. Selling activities are not permitted, except as provided under Section IV. Space exhibitors may also enter plants on the Individual Entry table. Space exhibitors must reserve space with the Amateur, Orchid Society, or Commercial Exhibits Chairman, as appropriate. The Staging Chairman and Exhibits Chairman, with the approval of the Show Chairman, shall make all decisions with regard to the allotment of space, the sizes of exhibits, and the location of exhibits within the Garden Club. The decisions of the Show Chairman shall be final. 3. Set-up of exhibits may begin at 7:00 a.m. on the Friday before the Show. No set-up will be allowed on Thursday. Dollies and other rolling equipment must have rubber wheels. All exhibits and sales spaces must be in place and complete by 6:00 p.m. on the Friday before the show unless prior arrangements have been approved for late arrival. Exhibits may not be removed until after 4:00 p.m on the Sunday of the Show. Early exhibit removal will invalidate any award received by the exhibit. All exhibits must be removed on Sunday of the show and the area broom clean by 6:00 p.m. 4. Foliage plants and mosses, etc., may supplement exhibits, but no artificial or dyed mosses or foliage of any kind will be permitted. Artificial props, such as logs, tree trunks, or rocks are permitted, provided caution is exercised to prevent damage to the premises or danger to persons. All plant pots, fern stands, boxes and other means of support must be concealed, so that they are not visible upon completion of the exhibit. All orchid plants must be neatly and legibly labeled. NO SAND OR WATER may be used as a decorative or support element in any exhibit. 5. Cut flowers and flowering plants may not be used in the same exhibit. Flowers other than orchids are not permitted, except small inconspicuous blooms on background foliage plants. B. ENTRY AND CLASSIFICATION 6. All plants and flowers in competition must be properly and individually labeled, including varietal and cultivar epithets, if any. Exhibitors must indicate the parentage of every hybrid and/or previous awards to a plant from AOS, RHS, ODC, etc., on the Entry Form. Awards to parents of hybrids need not be listed. Jacksonville Orchid Society, Inc. 2019 JOS Orchid Show – Regulations and Classifications 7. Registration Forms for plants and flowers will be accepted at any time, up to 2:00 p.m on the Friday before the Show. Plant registration must be submitted electronically (email or on a thumb drive) on an excel spreadsheet which will be provided to you. Plant Identification Numbers will be issued from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. on the Friday before the Show. Judges arriving on Saturday of the Show from out of town may register plants for AOS judging. Ribbon Judging will begin promptly atn8:30 a.m. on Saturday of the Show. Jacksonville Orchid Society. 8. Proper classification of plants entered for Ribbon/Trophy Judging is the responsibility of the Exhibitor, although Show Registration personnel will render assistance as time and their ability permits. The Registration Committee may subdivide classes along logical lines as entries are received if such a division seems necessary. It is the purpose of Classification to permit plants and flowers of like or similar natures to compete on a fair and equitable basis. Any classification dispute will be resolved by the Registration Chairman, whose decision will be final. 9. No plant may be entered in more than one class, except where double registration is inherent, such as in Classes for Novice Growers, such as Fragrance, and Red Cattleyas. Plants propagated by dividing, or by meristem or other cloning techniques, may not be entered as First Bloom Seedlings. All exhibits registered for Ribbon Judging are automatically registered by the Registration Committee for the appropriate Trophy competition. 10. Exhibit identification signs and plant number tags will be provided by the Registration Committee, along with various methods to affix the tags to plants in such a way as to clearly identify the entry. Exhibit theme title signs are encouraged, but not required, and their preparation and placement are the responsibility of the Exhibitor. 11. The Show Chairman shall have the authority to reject and disqualify entries which are tardy or diseased or pest infested. C. JUDGING AND AWARDS 12. Only plants and flowers entered as Individual entries or as Amateur or Orchid Society Space (Group) exhibits will be ribbon judged. Commercial Exhibitors are not eligible for ribbon judging. When an entry is not owned by the exhibitor, judging entry must be made in name of the owner, not in the name of the exhibitor. All plants in the show, whether or not entered, will be eligible for judging for trophy awards, regardless of location. 13. In Ribbon/Trophy judging, judges may withhold awards where award is not merited. Judges may divide or subdivide classes to give fair recognition of quality entries. Judges may, at their discretion, reclassify or disqualify improperly classified entries. Judges may not divide or subdivide any class in the Group Exhibits category (Classes 10- Jacksonville Orchid Society, Inc. 2019 JOS Orchid Show – Regulations and Classifications through 40), nor reclassify any entry in such classes, without the approval of the show chairman. Decisions of the judges with respect to the above is final. 14. All plants exhibited in the show will be eligible for AOS Awards, and will be considered by the AOS Judges unless the plant is clearly marked that it is not to be so considered. Exhibition of a plant without such a notation shall be deemed to constitute an agreement by the Exhibitor to pay any and all fees in connection with any award given by the AOS. 15. Exhibitors may request at the registration table during Registration hours that specific plants be considered for AOS awards. 16. The American Orchid Society Show Trophy will be awarded, if merited, regardless of entry class. 17. Trophies will be assigned to classes prior to the show set-up. 18. For information on shipping unaccompanied entries, contact the Show Chairman. Contact Information is available on the JOS website for the Annual Show in the JOS Show Committee section. D. COMMERCIAL SALES ACTIVITIES 19. No plants or merchandise may be sold or offered for sale during the show, except by the Jacksonville Orchid Society, or by such persons, firms or corporations expressly permitted to sell by the Commercial Exhibits Chairman. 20. The issuance of an invitation and permission to sell at the show shall be at the sole discretion of the Commercial Exhibits Chairman, with the advice and consent of the Show Chairman. The Commercial Exhibits Chairman shall determine the total number of, and to whom invitations and permissions are issued. Such decisions of the Commercial Exhibits Chairman shall be generally governed by these standards: (a) The amount of space available in the Exhibit Hall, (b) The general reputation for honesty, fair dealing, and good business practices of the prospective seller, (c) The prospective seller’s reputation for compliance with Show rules and regulations at prior events, and the prospective seller’s demonstrated ability and desire to install an exhibit of such quality as is required by the Show Committee. Some of the major purposes of this Show are to introduce new people to the hobby of growing and displaying orchids, and to promote membership in the Jacksonville Orchid Society. Presentation of exhibits of good quality which meet the high standards set out in the AOS Handbook on Judging furthers these purposes. Poor exhibit quality shall be deemed sufficient reason to deny or to withdraw an invitation and permission to sell to any seller. 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Acceptance of any invitation and permission to participate as a Commercial Exhibitor shall be evidence of a Seller’s agreement to: (a) Abide by all these Show rules and regulations, (b) Install an orchid exhibit of good quality, as measured by AOS Show Trophy standards, which occupies 100 square feet of floor space, (c) Possess a current Nursery Registration license of the State of Florida, or the equivalent registration of the seller's home state, and be prepared at all times during the show to provide evidence of such registration and licensure, (d) Be registered with the Sales Tax Division, Department of Revenue of the State, and responsible for the collection and remission of any and all applicable taxes on sales, and to hold the Jacksonville Orchid Society harmless from any tax liability resultant from seller’s sales activities, (e) Display in the seller’s sales area the name and general location of the seller’s primary place of business, in a neat and acceptable manner, and insofar as is practicable, to use plant tags or other means to identify the seller’s business as the seller of the items offered for sale, (f) Confine all sales activity to the assigned sale area, within the outside perimeter of the assigned sales tables, (g) Use sales tags or price stickers on all items offered for sale, insofar as is practicable, and (h) Not engage in ‘Fire Sales’, ‘Selling Out Sales’, wholesaling to the public or similar price reduction promotions which may tend to cheapen the Show in the eyes of the public.