Outreach Judging

Outreach judging is a great opportunity for the society members to experience what judging is all about. A team of AOS judges will attend a local society meeting, explain the judging process, and review the society bloom table/show-and-tell table to see if there are any worthy candidates. This is a great way for the society to learn and understand what characteristics make a flower of plant awardable.

You do not have to be an AOS member to exhibit a blooming orchid at an outreach judging and there is no entry fee. We do require that your plant have a correct species or hybrid name and be free of pests. It’s also a good idea to clean your plant up a bit (wipe off the leaves, and remove any dead leaves or old inflorescences), and possibly stake the inflorescence, so that the flowers are shown to their best advantage.