Time for a new Contest!

[Diane]

Yes, It's that time again! Diane has a surplus orchid to donate to some eager forum member! It's FREE!!!!! I am asking for 2 senior members to be the judges for this contest... Tim? Julie? Gin? Hoa? PM me

Here is the deal. I ordered some 4" plants from a grower I buy from quite frequently, because 'blooming sized' plants are just getting too expensive. This gentlemen sent me my plants, and all 4 were in sheath/spike/bud!! Amazing!! Anyway - one of the plants was not the item I ordered, but an Slc Ken Dream. Now I have one of these - a huge one - from RVO. So I don't need another. So I am offering it as the prize.

By the way, it is in bloom right now, lovely fragrance. I will send it to the winner after I return from my current trip to Japan on the 27th. (sorry - it will be through blooming, but is a very vigorous plant, I'll try to get a picture before boarding the great silver bird in the morning...)



Here is the contest:

Write down in detail how you would describe the orchid of your choice (please list the orchid you are describing) to a person who is blind.

Really think about it folks, what do these plants evoke, what texture, smell, color (many blind people have had vision so they do know colors), etc.

You have one week to submit your entries. Then the judges (who will be announced) will pick one to be the winner. This should be an education for all of us.

I can't ship overseas, but our international friend are welcome to participate, and I will try to find an appropriate reward should one of them win the contest!!