Hi all
The art of exhibiting is just what it is an art. If you were to entering any show (babies, dogs, vegetables, etc) would you take your baby straight from the garden without bathing, oiling, grooming and putting in its very best outfit, in fact you do the best with what you have got. Is it not the same with all types of exhibiting?
Most cups that are not round can be manipulated by gentle squeezing until they are round but if they are square at the base stuffing with cotton wool is the only way to give the illusion to the judges that the cup is round.
With regards to reflexing perianth, personally I would never use cardboard behind, as I think there is a real risk of damaging the perianth segment. I would adjust the perianth before the show at home with damp kitchen roll. Sometimes when you get to a show the top petal has gone floppy then I either use a bob pin which is stuck into the stem and the bob is used to prop up the floppy petal or which I tend to use more frequently is a pipe cleaner, which is wrapped around the stem and then shaped to prop up the offending petal.
As exhibitors there are lots of things that can be used to improve the exhibit such as, stem straightening, brushing the perianth to get it smoother, etc. But that is why our hybridisers have spend years trying to improve the material we all have to start with. That is why there is very little brushing done now as the perianths only need to be pushed back as they are so smooth.
Don’t forget to be a exhibitor your art is to make a good display for the public and catch the judges eye, making sure it is hard for them to find your faults and I don’t mean cheating!
Roger
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Subject: Re: [daffnet] Round and stuffed!
Ian,
I have seen this a lot in the Mid-Atlantic states, not to name names but all you have to do is look at the current top of ADS.
However, there are others that believe that we should show them the way the are naturally grown in the Garden. I’m a cross between natural as they are grown and the one who does a lot of grooming, short of stuffing the cups and providing the rings behind the perinths.
clay
Clay Higgins
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Sent: Saturday, May 22, 2010 2:45:29 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: [daffnet] Round and stuffed!
Dear All,
Having read Peters remarks about looking not looking at cup
when judging I thought you might like to see these two pictures I took
at The Daffodil Society Show this year.
Two exhibitors from the North of England (John Peace & Barry Hogg)
travelled down to Warwick with both cups and perianth protected with
cotton wool and card.
Although I had seen the card behind the perianth to help stop it
reflexing, this was the first time I had seen the cup filled with
cotton wool to help it keep its shape.
It is this attention to detail that helps make an exhibit stand out
and catch the judge’s eye.
Just in case, I can reassure you that both card and cotton wool were
removed before judging!
Today sunning my self in 25C (77F) sun and light breeze, the UK today
one of the hottest countries in Europe, now that does make a change!
Regards to all,
Ian
