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Originally Posted by janet_a  -head hurts- any movement afoot to standarize things internationally? |
Hopefully your headache will go away soon.
To my knowledge there is currently no movement afoot to standardize judging criteria internationally. Given that the countries/regions served by different agencies have quite different ideas about what is awardable and that these regions are largely working with their own agencies on their own standards i doubt that any international standards will come to fruition in my life time.
Here's an example of fundamental differences between the AOC and AOS systems that would have to be overcome if there were to be an international standard: In the AOC many judges consider peloricism to be a deformity, even peloricism that occurs naturally in species. For this reason very few peloric orchids are awarded in the AOC. In the AOS system peloricism is viewed as a variation in form, not as an undesirable deformity so peloric flowers have just as good a chance as any other flower of being awarded.
This is the kind of differences that sould have to be ironed out if there were an international system.
On a personal note, at this point, I don't believe an international system is necessary or desirable.