I understand what you are saying and I agree completely. I just remember being so impressed with what I witnessed on the judging table with these plants, I wanted to award them all! They were that impressive. But your experience or exposure to orchids varies so much from judge to judge. It would be nice if all judges were linked into one giant memory bank where we all have access to, or we all can see, what other judges have seen.
In terms of Neo's, it would be wonderful for me to instantly see what you have seen. But that is not possible. But like I said, I wanted to initially award everything! Flower quality awards, cultural awards, the whole nine yards so to speak. I had to try and contain myself, to restore order to my emotional reactions to these plants.
But so much of judging and the knowledge of orchids comes from experience. Pictures and descriptions only take us so far. I decided to try and take my initial impressions out of the equation. I tried to calmly look at things and listen to what the other team members felt. At the time I felt that we did the right thing, I still do. We judged these Neo's to the best of our ability at the time. And having seen those nine plants, I think that my knowledge of them has grown. And maybe that is enough. I know that the next one that comes on my judging table will be evaluated differently by me, I have more experience, good or bad.