The santa barbara international orchid show th santa barbara Welcomes You to Our 75 75th show! international Officers President: Wayne Ferrell Vice President: John Ernest orchid show Treasurer: Don Burkey Directors Joe Ambriz, Joal Clayton, Jr., Michael DeRousse, Gary Gallup, Parry Gripp, Paul Gripp, George Hatfield, Lauris Rose, John Rowe, Jim Sloniker Staff - Show Manager: Nancy Melekian Orchids Publicist: Anderson PR Social Media: Simply Marketing 360 a world of Plant Registrar: Heidi Kirkpatrick Judging Ribbon Judging Chair: Gayle Brodie & Jim Sloniker Adventure AOS Judging Chair: Bryce Augustine CSA Judging Chair: John Rowe Display Judging Chair: Nancy Melekian Art Division Manager: Santa Barbara Art Association Floral Arrangement Chair: Ellis Evans march 13 - 15, 2020 Contact Information 12, 2020 website: www.sborchidshow.com judging: march email: [email protected] publicity: [email protected] phone: 805-403-1533 mailing address: P.O. Box 1223, Carpinteria, California 93014-1223 General Information EXHIBITOR The Santa Barbara International Orchid Show is held at the Earl Warren Showgrounds, located at Las Positas Road and Highway 101. The street GUIDE 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 10, 2020. 1. Ribbon Judging—Enter quality plants for ribbons and trophies. Rules and Regulations 2 A. Fill out registration form with your name and address Judging Times 3 and the plant’s name and parentage. Check the “ribbon judging” box. Display Judging 4 B. Enter your plant in a class and section. For example, Paphiopedilum malipoense would be class 14, section 91. Requirements for Displays/Exhibits 5 “Contents” on the first page of this book will help Requirements for Plants and Cut Flowers 6 you find the class and section of your plant. 2. AOS Judging—for exceptional plants that don’t already have AOS Special Awards 7 awards, or are blooming better than when last awarded. Use the Show Trophies 8 same registration form as for Ribbon Judging, but check “AOS.” Mark plant with red ribbon (provided by Show). Display Division & Educational Exhibits (classes 1-2) 15 3. CSA Judging—for exceptional cymbidiums, paphiopedilums and Specimen Blooming Plants Showing phragmipediums. Use the same registration form as for Ribbon Judging, but check “CSA.” Fill out CSA judging form. Mark plant Excellence of Culture (class 3) 15 with green ribbon (provided by Show). Cymbidium (classes 4-10) 16 YOU apply your sticky registration label to the plant to be judged. Online registrants should have these in their packets Wednesday, Groups of Orchids (class 11) 17 March 11, 2020, by 12 noon. If you register at the show, you will Cattleya Alliance (classes 12-13) 18 get your labels as they are produced, at least by 7 am, Thursday, March 12, 2020. Cypripedium (Paphiopedilum) Alliance (classes 14-20) 19 (Note: the judges have to be able to find the label and figure out which plant it belongs to. Most exhibitors put their sticky labels Vanda Alliance (class 19-20) 20 on a leaf of the plant. Ribbons help ID plants for AOS and CSA Oncidium Alliance (class 21) 21 judging.) Judging Labels must be on your plants by 8 AM, Thursday, Dendrobium (class 22) 21 March 12, 2020. Other Genera (classes 23-24) 22 NOTIFY REGISTRAR if you WITHDR AW a PLANT from JUDGING 1 Rules and Regulations Award Judging—Thursday, March 12, 2020 Show hours are 9 am to 5 pm Friday, March 13 - Sunday, March 15, 2020. DISPLAY JUDGING: 10 pm Exhibit Set-up Tuesday, March 10 12 noon to 6 pm RIBBON JUDGING: 9 am Wednesday, March 11 8 am to 9 pm Thursday, March 12 7 am to 8 am CSA JUDGING: 9:30 am Exhibit Take-down JUDGES’ LUNCHEON: 12 noon on site All exhibits MUST remain in place until after the close of the show on Sunday, March 15 2020, 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 11 8 am to 9 pm and labeling, or if plants are so located that proper judging cannot be Thursday, March 12 8 am to 8 pm; accomplished. Sales are not open during judging. Friday, March 13 7 am to 9 am • Exhibitors are responsible for placing plant judging labels, Vendor Take-down provided by the Plant Registrar, on their plants. Vendor booths must remain open until Sunday, March 15 at 5 pm. If you sell out early, please notify the show manager. Booth space may only be sold by • Plants for judging must be placed in an accessible area within the exhibit. the Santa Barbara International Orchid Show. • Plants entered as a GROUP for ribbon judging should be encircled Plant Registration by WHITE ribbon, available from the Plant Registrar. To be judged for ribbon, AOS or CSA judging, plants must be registered either online or at the show. Exhibitors will receive a sticky label for each registered • Plants entered for AOS Judging should be marked by RED ribbon, plant. Exhibitors must affix the label to a leaf or other prominent spot available from the Plant Registrar. before 8 AM on Thursday, March 12, 2020. Online: Plant registration may be submitted online via the show website, www. • Plants entered for CSA Judging should be marked by GREEN sborchidshow.com. The deadline for online plant registration ribbon, available from the Plant Registrar. is 7 PM Tuesday, March 10, 2020. Online registrants will have plant Definitions: judging labels in their packets by noon on Wednesday, March 11, 2020. Amateur Any person who has not sold more than a total On site: Plants may be registered at the show until 7 PM of 500 plants, flower spikes, or flasks in the past year. Wednesday, March 11, 2020. Plant judging labels for plants Open Class Any type of grower may enter. registered on-site will be ready as they become available; labels for plants registered after 3 pm on Wednesday, March 11 will be available by 7 am, Thursday, March 12, 2020. 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: 6. The Show does not accept responsibility for damage to or loss If it is a specialized exhibit of a single genus or alliance, then of plants, blooms, corsages, containers, or other exhibitor color variation, variety of the species or related hybrids, variety property. However, security personnel will be on duty 24 hours in form, or other factors including, possibly, high degrees of each day of the show. uniformity, should be considered. If it is of a general nature, containing many genera, then the Double tabletops will be judged in the 25 to 100 sq. ft. classes. number and/or types of genera should be considered, or the 4 5 Requirements for Plants and Cut Flowers: AOS judges.