P.K.Hansen
Well-Known Member
Ok, this may be a stupid question, but how long must you own a paph before you can claim that you are responsible for it flowering? A few months, ½ a year, or even a entire year?
The AOS requires 6 months ownership before you can claim a plant is yours for award submission.
Hence, how long does it last from the time the plant "decides" to bloom, until you can see the bud forming?
I'm not thinking about having plants judged. But as an example, I have an insigne, a charlesworthii and a henryanum that I have only owned a few months. None showed signs of flowering when I bought them, but they all have buds now. I don't think my skills as a grower has done much for that
Hence, how long does it last from the time the plant "decides" to bloom, until you can see the bud forming? My rosy dawn has a bud forming too, but I've had that for more than six months, and Ive seen the grow mature. That one I take credit for.
I don't have the handbook in front of me, but I believe the six months is only for cultural awards. You are permitted to submit a plant for judging that you just purchased that morning - but it wouldn't be eligible for cultural awards (CCM/CCE). Flower quality awards are to the plant, not the grower. In theory it doesn't matter who owns it or how long it has been owned.
It is really an honor system, nobody is going to check your receipts.
As for taking credit for a bloom... I feel OK about claiming credit for a flowering if I purchased the plant out of bloom and then got it to spike and flower. I don't generally think of my skill when I buy a plant in spike. That is just an internal monologue though.![]()