Post by Admin on Jun 9, 2013 23:24:48 GMT -5
Aquatic Horticultural Awards Program
The aquatic horticultural program is designed to help promote the advancement of aquatic gardening. Specifically, to recognize the achievements of the members within the Windsor Aquarium Society in the field of growing and propagating aquatic plants. We also hope that this will help bring in new and rare species into this area.
HAP Rules
•Applicants must be current members of W.A.S.
•Points are awarded only once per plant species.
•The HAP Chairman or member of W.A.S must witness the propagation the plant or if necessary a quality photo or video may be used to verify.
•An application must be filled out and handed into the HAP committee for points to be awarded.
•Any plants not listed will be evaluated by the HAP committee.
•All plants must be witnessed a minimum of 30 days after propagation to verify the continued health of the plant.
•Plant must not leave applicants possession during the 30 day period.
•To receive points, propagated plants must be donated to the club for our monthly raffles/auctions. If applicant does not wish to donate the plant a 350 word right up on your propagation method for that plant can be submitted or a short presentation can be made at the next meeting. Donations required for points are for stem plants at 3 stems or more, runner plants 3 plants or more, mosses golf ball portion, rhizome plant a cutting of at least 5 leaves and floating plants 3 plants or more.
Types of Propagation
•Floating plants: Doubling the amount of original plants
•Bunched plants: Doubling the amount of rooted plants with the clipping being observed to be healthy and rooted themselves after a minimum of 30 days.
•Runner plants: Plant must be separated from mother plant and both plants must be observed to be healthy and established a minimum of 30 days after separation.
•Rhizome plant: Rhizome must double in length from the original size.
•Sexual reproduction: One plant must be reproduced by the aquarists own parent plants.
•Flowering: One full bloomed flower must be grown and still attached to the parent plant.
Awards
•Beginner Horticulturalist: 50 points from any class of plants.
•Aquatic Horticulturalist: 100 points. Must have at least 2 plants from class B and 1 from C or D.
•Expert Horticulturalist: 175 points. Must have 2 from class C and 1 from class D and 1 essay or presentation.
•Master Horticulturalist: 250 points. Must have 3 from class D and 2 essay or presentation.
•Grand Master Horticulturalist: 400 points. Must have 1 from class E and 3 essay or presentation.
.Divine Grand Master Horticulturalist: 500 points. Must have 1 from class F and 4 essay or presentations.
Classes of plants- based on difficulty
CLASS A – 5 points
•Any Salvinia species
•Any Sagittaria species
•Any Vallisneria species
•Any Duckweed (Lemna species)
•Any Hygrophila
•Any Riccia
•Any Elodea
•Any Ceratophyllum (Hornworts)
•Any Ceratopteris species
•Any Azilla species
.Any Taxiphyllum Species
.Any Lomariopsis Species
CLASS B – 10 Points
•Any Nitella species
•Any Water Wisteria
•Any Ambulia (Limnophila) species
•Any Rotala
•Any Bacopa
•Any Cardamine species
•Any Frontinalis
•Any Limnobium species
•Any Pennywort (Hydrocotyle sp.)
•Any Lilaeopsis species
•Any Alternanthera species
•Any Najas species
•Any Hydrilla
•Any Ludwigia species
•Echinodorus sp.(Chain Sword)
•Any Milfoil
•Any Cabomba species
•Any Heteranthera species
•Any Lobelia
•Samolus valerandi
•Bannana Plants
•Any Micranthemum species
•Any Acorus
•Any Nuphar species NOL
•Any Pseudo-Blyxa (Cyperus helferi)
.Staurogyne repens
.Any Hemianthus species
.Any Vesicularia species
.Fontinalis antipyretica
.Any Nymphaea Species
CLASS C -15 Points
•Any Pistia species
•Any Isoetis species
•Any Cryptocoryne species
•Microsorium pteropus
•All Echinodorus species not in B
•Trapa natans (Water Chestnut)
•Water clover (Marsilia species)
•Eichhornia species
•Didiplis diandra (Water Hedge)
•Gymnocoronis spilanthoides
•All Aponogeton species
•Any Bolbitis species
•Any crinum species
•Any Eusteralis species
CLASS D – 25 Points
•Spatterdocks
•Any Anubias species
•Any Lagenandra species
•Ottelia alismoides
•Madagascar Lace Plant
•Any Aldorvandis species
CLASS E - FLOWERING
•Extra points will be awarded for all flowerings aquatic plants. The additional points will be the same as those resulting from the propagation of the plant.
CLASS F - SEEDS
•Same under Class E.
The aquatic horticultural program is designed to help promote the advancement of aquatic gardening. Specifically, to recognize the achievements of the members within the Windsor Aquarium Society in the field of growing and propagating aquatic plants. We also hope that this will help bring in new and rare species into this area.
HAP Rules
•Applicants must be current members of W.A.S.
•Points are awarded only once per plant species.
•The HAP Chairman or member of W.A.S must witness the propagation the plant or if necessary a quality photo or video may be used to verify.
•An application must be filled out and handed into the HAP committee for points to be awarded.
•Any plants not listed will be evaluated by the HAP committee.
•All plants must be witnessed a minimum of 30 days after propagation to verify the continued health of the plant.
•Plant must not leave applicants possession during the 30 day period.
•To receive points, propagated plants must be donated to the club for our monthly raffles/auctions. If applicant does not wish to donate the plant a 350 word right up on your propagation method for that plant can be submitted or a short presentation can be made at the next meeting. Donations required for points are for stem plants at 3 stems or more, runner plants 3 plants or more, mosses golf ball portion, rhizome plant a cutting of at least 5 leaves and floating plants 3 plants or more.
Types of Propagation
•Floating plants: Doubling the amount of original plants
•Bunched plants: Doubling the amount of rooted plants with the clipping being observed to be healthy and rooted themselves after a minimum of 30 days.
•Runner plants: Plant must be separated from mother plant and both plants must be observed to be healthy and established a minimum of 30 days after separation.
•Rhizome plant: Rhizome must double in length from the original size.
•Sexual reproduction: One plant must be reproduced by the aquarists own parent plants.
•Flowering: One full bloomed flower must be grown and still attached to the parent plant.
Awards
•Beginner Horticulturalist: 50 points from any class of plants.
•Aquatic Horticulturalist: 100 points. Must have at least 2 plants from class B and 1 from C or D.
•Expert Horticulturalist: 175 points. Must have 2 from class C and 1 from class D and 1 essay or presentation.
•Master Horticulturalist: 250 points. Must have 3 from class D and 2 essay or presentation.
•Grand Master Horticulturalist: 400 points. Must have 1 from class E and 3 essay or presentation.
.Divine Grand Master Horticulturalist: 500 points. Must have 1 from class F and 4 essay or presentations.
Classes of plants- based on difficulty
CLASS A – 5 points
•Any Salvinia species
•Any Sagittaria species
•Any Vallisneria species
•Any Duckweed (Lemna species)
•Any Hygrophila
•Any Riccia
•Any Elodea
•Any Ceratophyllum (Hornworts)
•Any Ceratopteris species
•Any Azilla species
.Any Taxiphyllum Species
.Any Lomariopsis Species
CLASS B – 10 Points
•Any Nitella species
•Any Water Wisteria
•Any Ambulia (Limnophila) species
•Any Rotala
•Any Bacopa
•Any Cardamine species
•Any Frontinalis
•Any Limnobium species
•Any Pennywort (Hydrocotyle sp.)
•Any Lilaeopsis species
•Any Alternanthera species
•Any Najas species
•Any Hydrilla
•Any Ludwigia species
•Echinodorus sp.(Chain Sword)
•Any Milfoil
•Any Cabomba species
•Any Heteranthera species
•Any Lobelia
•Samolus valerandi
•Bannana Plants
•Any Micranthemum species
•Any Acorus
•Any Nuphar species NOL
•Any Pseudo-Blyxa (Cyperus helferi)
.Staurogyne repens
.Any Hemianthus species
.Any Vesicularia species
.Fontinalis antipyretica
.Any Nymphaea Species
CLASS C -15 Points
•Any Pistia species
•Any Isoetis species
•Any Cryptocoryne species
•Microsorium pteropus
•All Echinodorus species not in B
•Trapa natans (Water Chestnut)
•Water clover (Marsilia species)
•Eichhornia species
•Didiplis diandra (Water Hedge)
•Gymnocoronis spilanthoides
•All Aponogeton species
•Any Bolbitis species
•Any crinum species
•Any Eusteralis species
CLASS D – 25 Points
•Spatterdocks
•Any Anubias species
•Any Lagenandra species
•Ottelia alismoides
•Madagascar Lace Plant
•Any Aldorvandis species
CLASS E - FLOWERING
•Extra points will be awarded for all flowerings aquatic plants. The additional points will be the same as those resulting from the propagation of the plant.
CLASS F - SEEDS
•Same under Class E.