Masdevallia Rein Sun 'Pyrgos'

[emydura]

No the numbers are quite strict in that regard. It has to average 80 to get 80.......I prefer your system now you've told me that......lol.

Congratulations Darren. I'm not a real fan of Masdevallia's normally but that is a beauty. So is the 79.9 score just pure chance or do you think the general acceptance amongst the judges was that this was a HCC quality plant? When you get a score like that is there room for the judges to manouevre if it is felt it is deserved of an AM award?

David

 

[Bolero]

Congratulations Darren. I'm not a real fan of Masdevallia's normally but that is a beauty. So is the 79.9 score just pure chance or do you think the general acceptance amongst the judges was that this was a HCC quality plant? When you get a score like that is there room for the judges to manouevre if it is felt it is deserved of an AM award?

David

Hi David,

I think there is room to manouevre but the deciding vote came at the end by a senior judge who went with that score. He gave it 77 which magically ended up being 79.9 - if he had given it 78 it would have made it over the line. I think this happened on purpose.

Out of the 6 judges who were rating for awards 1 gave it no award (the other 5 mostly gave it an AM) and I think that person had more influence verbally than should have been appropriate.

 

[Howzat]

If the one judge who did not give an award say 74 points, (that is 5% below the final points), that person can be asked to reconsider his tally, if he refused then his point should have been eliminated, and a new count should be done. If that is the case then you should have passed the 80 points mark. The senior judge who gave 77 is well inside the 5%, so he can keep his point. But the other thing is I am sure that we are rounding up the points to 75 or 80.

 

[W. Beetus]

No the numbers are quite strict in that regard. It has to average 80 to get 80.......I prefer your system now you've told me that......lol.

I agree! Your bloom definitely deserves it.

 

[labskaus]

Hi David,

I think there is room to manouevre but the deciding vote came at the end by a senior judge who went with that score. He gave it 77 which magically ended up being 79.9 - if he had given it 78 it would have made it over the line. I think this happened on purpose.

Out of the 6 judges who were rating for awards 1 gave it no award (the other 5 mostly gave it an AM) and I think that person had more influence verbally than should have been appropriate.

One advantage in our system in that respect is the quiet voting: no discussion prior to voting. This system may have other disadvantages, of course, like the lack of discussion :wink:
The chair can pull a "joker" vote to take influence if he thinks a result is not appropiate (too low).

Your plant is excellent and looks AM quality from here. Congrats to the award, anyway, and better luck next time!