Ohh, they are gorgeous! I like the shot on the steps showing the whole blooms.
Talking about Floofy Orchids -
I lifted the floof-scale from the Orchidsource forum:
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For those needing a refresher on the floof designations, here they are:
-20 to 0 - WOnderfully Weird (WOW/FJS)
1 to 20 - Nary a Floof (NAF/FJS)
21 to 40 - Decidedly UNfloofy (DUN/FJS)
41 to 60 - Touch of Floof (TOF/FJS)
61 to 80 - DEcidedly Floofy (DEF/FJS)
81 to 100 - Floofy, Fluffy, Flouncy, and Frou-frou (FFFF /FJS)
101 to 120 - Above and BeyOnd Floof (ABOF / FJS)
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And for those needing a refresher on the floof score categories, here they are:
Color (20 points): a monotone flower would get zilch in this category, a five-colored-splash-petaled-floofy-monstrosity would get 20.
Ruffle (20 points): are edges of sepals/petals ruffly?
Fringe (20 points): 0 points for no fringe, 20 points for something like Rhyncholaelia (Brassavola) digbyana
Petals (20 points): are petals highly crowded/overlapping or simply crowd out the light like a "dinnerplate" vanda? If so, give that puppy 20 points.
Doodaflatchies (20 points): other odd protuberances or parts of the flower not covered by fringe or ruffle.
Discretionary: (+- 20 points) add (or subtract) up to 20 points to weight the floof score more in the direction that you want. If you're a LOF (lover of floof), you can add points for things like "texture, balance, overall prettiness". If you're a HOF (hater of floof), you can subtract up to 20 points for things such as "weirdness, ugliness, plainness", etc. NOTE: this can also be used to weight a score the opposite of your floof preference to help something more line up with your gut feeling as to its floof level.
(Floof Scale created by OrchidSource members including Fiona,Lynne,and others.)
Here is the whole post
http://forum.theorchidsource.c...
