This ML is indeed beautiful. Good color and shape. Indeed pointable in my books.
As for your experience Fred, it is unfortunate. It should have been compared to a dunkle if both parents were dunkles. If one parent is type form, then the type form will be considered in the assessment. I hope you bring it in on a next great blooming and state on the form that it is a dunkle and underline it twice LOL.
I have had many personal plants passed the first time for an award for reasons you stated. Judges are humans and sometimes do make mistakes now and then (to err is human). This of course upsets many people and stops them from showing again. However, I don't give up. Nor should you. I reshow my plants on the next blooming when the flowers are bigger and showier, and 80% of the time it gets an award. Lesson? To forgive is divine (and persevere in your quest!).
BTW those parents to cross with are exceptional. Do it Fred!
As for your experience Fred, it is unfortunate. It should have been compared to a dunkle if both parents were dunkles. If one parent is type form, then the type form will be considered in the assessment. I hope you bring it in on a next great blooming and state on the form that it is a dunkle and underline it twice LOL.
I have had many personal plants passed the first time for an award for reasons you stated. Judges are humans and sometimes do make mistakes now and then (to err is human). This of course upsets many people and stops them from showing again. However, I don't give up. Nor should you. I reshow my plants on the next blooming when the flowers are bigger and showier, and 80% of the time it gets an award. Lesson? To forgive is divine (and persevere in your quest!).
BTW those parents to cross with are exceptional. Do it Fred!