All exhibits need to be on the bench in their appropriate class 10 minutes before the start of the meeting.
A clearly printed benching label with the correct name of the plant, the class it is to be judged in and the owners name is to be placed with the plant/bloom. ( Benching Cards blanks.)
For those members with a computer, a sheet with benching labels for the monthly meetings has been included with the bulletin so you can print and fill out your own, prior to the meeting.
If you are unsure in which class to place your plant, ask one of the judges.
The general benching classes at all meetings (including the Winter and Spring show) will be as follows.

Showbench Competition

• Standard (< 100mm)
• Small Standard (85-100mm)
• Intermediate (60-85mm)
• Miniature (35-60mm)
• Ultra Miniature (<35mm)
• Species
• Pendulous (all sizes – Winter and Spring Shows only)*
• Single Blooms- Std/Small Std/Int./Min./

* At monthly meetings, Pendulous plants are to benched in the appropriate size class

Seedling Competition

• Standard
• Small Standard
• Intermediate
• Miniature
• Ultra Miniature

The Committee/ Judging panel may amend this as required.

The Winter Members’ Show will be held at the July meeting, the Spring Members’ Show at the September meeting, with the Extravaganza at The Arena Sports Club, Rookwood Rd, Yagoona in August.

General Rules

1. To accrue points or receive prizes from benching at monthly meetings, members need to be financial and to record their name and number of blooms/plants benched on the record sheet beside the blooms display.
2. All exhibits, including single blooms, must be owned by the exhibitor for a minimum of six (6) months before benching.
3. All plants are to be in show condition (ie. dead leaves, bulb sheaths etc removed) and free from disease, otherwise they may not be judged.
4. Blooms should be presented undamaged/unmarked. Damaged blooms may not be considered at the judging panels discretion.
5. A seedling is a plant shown for the first time and must be the whole undivided plant and can only be accepted up to a pot size of 200 mm.
6. Plants are only eligible to be judged as a seedling during their first season of exhibition.
7. If a single bloom is from a seedling, then entering it in the single bloom competition does not prevent it being entered in the Seedling of the Month/Year competition in subsequent years.
8. All classes will be judged for 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd places.
9. All plants benched will receive 1 point towards the Annual Point Score competition, with no limit on the number of plants an exhibitor can bench each month.
10. Points will be awarded for single blooms towards the Annual Point Score competition at 0.5 points per bloom, to a maximum of 12 points per exhibitor per month.
11. Members may only exhibit one flower from a particular clone, but may exhibit other flowers from the same grex. (one flower from each of Dural Dream ‘Dural’, ‘Supreme’ and ‘Picture’ for example)
12. Points will be awarded for Class places, as follows:

• Pot Plants
  Each pot plant benched will receive 1 point plus placings
  1st place 3 points
  2nd place 2 points
  3rd place 1 point
  Champion pot plants will receive 3 points
• Blooms
  Each bloom benched will receive 1 point plus placings
  1st place 1½ points
  2nd place 1 point
  3rd place ½ point
  Champion bloom will receive 1 point

13. Prize money for places in the Showbench and Seedling classes will be paid at 1^st $3.00; 2^nd $2.00; 3^rd $1.00. Prize money in the Single Bloom classes will be paid at: 1^st $1.50; 2^nd $1.00; 3^rd 50c. These prize monies will be cumulative and paid at the end of the year.
14. In addition, the overall Seedling of the month will receive $50 at the meeting, provided there is a minimum of 10 plants across at least three of the seedling classes.