Re: Re: CULT: Weather and Judges
wendy Dunafon wrote:
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> What do you consider the front of the stalk? I did not know that
> they had sides. Is it the side the light is strongest on and the
> flowers tend to face that direction? or does it have to do with
> the direction the rhizome faces? Obviously I have not shown any flowers.
The branching and any leaves should go to the sides.
Usually then the flowers tend to lean toward and look best from
one of the two possible remaining "fronts."
Or sometimes there is a significant flaw which is not visible
from one side. There is always the chance that the judges will
not ask that the stalk be turned and the problem will sneak through
unnoticed.
Judging is not the crapshoot it was called here a few years ago,
but judges are certainly human and therefore fallible.
Gerry, with stalks of Mesmerizer harbinging the coming of bloom season
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Gerry Snyder, AIS Symposium Chair, Region 15 RVP
Member San Fernando Valley, Southern California Iris Societies
in warm (80's yesterday), winterless Los Angeles
my work: helping generate data for: http://galileo.jpl.nasa.gov/
