HANDBOOK MEASUREMENTS & DISCRIPTIONS

in AWARD DESCRIPTIONS how are VARIOUS PARTS OR SECTIONS seperated by

SEPERATED BY SEMICOLONS AND ENDS WITH A PERIOD

Descriptions may be separated into three sections

1) description of the vegetative portions of the plant, including cultural condition);

2) description of the inflorescences and flowers; and

3) comments.

Not every description includes all three sections

WHAT IS DESCRIPTION SEQUENCE

1. Vegetative parts and culture

2. Inflorescence(s) and flower(s)

3. Comments

SEQUENCE OF FLORAL PARTS

Number of Flowers

Number of Buds

Number of Inflorescences

Form-Arrangement-Presentation

General Flower Color

Dorsal Sepal

Lateral Sepals or Synsepal

Petals

Lip/Pouch (Includes callus, disk, midlobe,side lobes, and throat where applicable) Spur (if applicable, belongs with the flower part to which it is attached) Column/Staminode (Includes anther cap)

Ovary

Substance

Texture

CAN FLORAL PARTS BE DISCRIBED TOGETHER

two or more floral parts are being described together, they are placed in sequence within that subsection according to the sequence

COMPOUND COLORS

are hyphenated EX. YELLOW-GREEN

Hyphens

Compound words- EX. WELL-HELD, WELL-PRESENTED, ALSO FRACTIONS ONE-HALF

Numbers

one through ten are always spelled out in the body of the description.

Numbers between 21 and 99 are hyphenated when spelled out

“and' is not used when writing large numbers

WHEN SHOULD YOU MEASURE THE WIDTH AND HEIGHT OF A PLANT

CBR

CHM

CCM

CCE

WEHN SHOULD YOU MEASURE THE SIZE OF THE POT

CBR, CHM, CCM, CCE