marguerite_gw

not to deter anyone from voting but I'm not sure if two days is enough time for every one to vote as mentioned some people don't come here everyday. any one can vote early or post late no reason to stop at ten.

some one will have to post final rules as I don't type to well and what ever you decide is fine. its your ball.

Richard

Ok, Richard, that's fine. If a person wants to wait till all pictures are up to vote, I guess that's up to them, then.

So these are the rules:

One photo of a jade to be posted per member;

The jade in the photo to be owned by the entrant;

Three votes per member;

Competition dates are from 12 pm EST 8 November to 12 pm EST 15 November;

Voting to be by the 'like' button;

No member who joined GW/Houzz yesterday or later to be allowed to vote or to compete.

Good luck, everyone.

If your in Canada can you post?

My small 2 stems of Jade I've had for 3 years will never compete with any of the Jades you guys have any day but for Rina and me (more for rina) if we were to win we obviously couldn't accept the prize.

Nonetheless I'll still be voting.

It's a fun idea! Should h

ave more of these types of competitions...

Sorry about that weird spacing between should and have... It's a Houzz thing that happens on my phone :\

Count me out. Seems some have more say than others around here. Will not participate as it stands now.

Christopher

My favourite for Semi-Terrariumed Jade with German WWII Helmet category is this one:

Can't wait to see the entries, Marguerite, thanks for making this happen!

Christopher, sorry to hear you feel that way, you have such beautiful plants. I thank you for sharing them as much as you do.

Daniel

Hi all !

Marguerite, what is exactely a "jade" ? Just a crassula ovata or does it include the very close parents like Crassula arborescens or Crassula lactea ?

I pruned my ovatas they look awful, excepted the tiny ones.

Totally off topic : is your name Marguerite or Margaret ?

Thank you !

Hej Christopher, sorry to hear that you don't want to participate ... is it because you want to post more then just one pic? Hope you change your mind as you have some very nice speciments in your collection that are worse showing in such a competion.

BTW ... will it be ok to post a picture with more than one jade ... like group pictures? Maybe that would be a trade-off ... so one picture per person but several jade speciments nicely arranged within the picture.

Laurent, as far as i understood here jades refer to C.ovata and arborescens. However I woudln`t mind if we also include C. lactea which is the closest relative to the former two within the Crassulaceae family.

All the best, Ben

OK Ben, I wasn't sure about lactea. It looks like a jade and it's botanically very close. But it grows with completely different cultivation parameters.

Good morning all.

A jade to me is Crassula ovata or Crassula arborescens, but unless you told me, I probably wouldn't know a Crassula lactea. But how many will be posting those anyway? Since 'jade' is more or less a pet name for those particular crassulas , Crassulas ovata and arborescens, I think the competition should be limited to those. This is more for convenience than anything else; if another species or type is admitted, others could with justification post other crassulas. If it is generally called a jade, you can enter with a photo of it. If it wins, and there are objections to it being called a jade, we will deal with that later. You can see, though, the pathways down which we might be led.

Laurent, I joined GW in 2001, but could not get the username Margaret, as there were already several. (One lovely one in particular who has died since), Because Marguerite is also the name of a sort of daisy in Ireland in common parlance, I chose that handle, and it was acceptable to the GW computer god of the day.

Mr. Blubs, of course you can enter, we would be bereft if Canadians refrained from the contest.

Ben, I think one picture of one jade, but even at this late stage, if most participants feel differently, I'll go with that. But I would like to see several posts in favour of this before start time. I do think a pic of several jades might compromise the particular entrant's chances. So unless there is an upswell very quickly in favour of several jades in one photo, it's just one.

Christopher, I am sorry I was so presumptuous as to include you as a probable entrant; I hope that you will enjoy the competition anyway, and will use your votes.

Jeff, I love your picture and your sense of humour. Of course you are too young to have worn that helmet - I wonder who did, and if he liked plants.

The competition thread will be posted shortly before the start time today.

The dedicated Jade Photo Contest thread has now been posted.

Hello,

I think, we will collect also with this competition many variety of jades into one post, also with pictures. I am looking forward to see them. That's great.

Martin

Hi Martin, I feel the same. How are all your other jades doing? Did you get your variegated Crassula arborescens?

Yes. I got some troubles to get it. First time the plant died due to wrong transport conditions from Australia. The second chance i got one month ago also from Australia, and this time it was ok. I got also other interesting jades, the most happy I am for Legolas from Mike.I will post later the photos with other jades. Here is the arborescens variegata.

That is beautiful, Martin. Are those leaves slightly wavy? It will be brilliant to see your jades - your thread last year was truly memorable. Thanks for sharing.

Well, it is the Blue Bird Variegated. Standard Blue Bird has some leaves slightly wavy too. Especially some new leaves.

Martin

Changed my mind, but impossible to choose THE one to post, so it will be random.

Christopher

Can we post different angles and close ups of the same plant, or does it have to be just one pic?

Just one picture this time round Mike.

Thanks)

Christopher, I am glad you changed your mind. You have many beautiful plants. I do agree with you that picking a single picture is difficult. It's not like I have a bunch of stellar specimen plants, but several look pretty nice for various reasons - at least to me.

I noticed that the first several jades posted were quite colorful, and I like that! But at this time of year my plants are still very green. I had a picture of one jade from winter with great color, but hubby insisted that it was an old picture (last year) and shouldn't be entered. So I chose differently.

I am happy to see a few more mature plants posted for the contest. This is ironic for me, because this year I have already pruned most of my plants! My temps are still in the high 80s and even in the low 90s, so now is the time to prune as it will be cooling off soon and growth will be better. It's a weird year for me.

Not complaining, because any time we choose to have a contest will be better for someone and not so good for others. Certainly we are learning from this first contest! And it IS fun!

Here is the picture that my hubby said was too old.

Entrancing, Crenda.

ez

That is beautiful, Crenda. And in fact there is no rule about the age of the photo. You just have to own the plant, now. It's simply everyone's favourite jade photo.

No problem, Margaret, and no complaints. I think Charlie likes showing the bigger plant and the progress I've made in growing them - since I killed his big jade shortly after we were married! LOL And the contest IS for fun.

I haven't voted yet and will wait for late entries before doing so. But golly gee whiz - those are all beautiful plants!

I'm late to the party but finally entered a photo! It was hard to pick which plant to enter. O_o

I can't seem to "Like" any of the photos. What the heck did I do? I can "Like" any of the posts on this thread, and most threads. When I am in the actual photo thread I see the number of likes......but if I click on that I get the names of the folks that liked it. Any ideas?

click the thumb next to where you are clicking. not the word "like", just the picture.

Funny the thumb is not showing up here. However clicking in that area next to it works so thank you!

Here's mine before the wind took it for a ride.

Stush, the competition thread is separate. Are you competing with one of those photos? Which is why I'm not commenting on them.

I haven't been able to tell Camellia nor Rosemarie about the contest, both fond of jades, if I recall rightly. Maybe if someone knows them they could mention it.

Thanks Marquerite,

I did see the other post. My picture can't compete with the ones showed. So I stuck it in here.

Hey Rich, Do you got a prize for last place? Maybe that smallest one?

I think if I had known the photo did not have an age limit, would have chosen another one. Some of mine are not as colourful as they were earlier.

Christopher

Christopher

this being a prototype if we ask nicely maybe Margaret will make this a monthly event with different species. its going to be a long winter. Iv'e never been to a show and didn't expect such variety my self.

Stan email me if you can.

Richard

First
I'd like to thank all the veterans past and present for there service to this country.
second
I'd like to thank Margaret for starting this thread and getting so many to show there
magnificent jades, I dont think I've ever seen so many in one thread.they are all winners.
third
half way through the contest and twice what I thought would post, but some people thimk
the rules dont apply to them, IT TOOK OVER 80 POSTS TO COME UP WITH A FEW RULES TO FOLLOW AND I feel
anyone who can't follow should start there own thread. feel free to say im wrong if you think so.
no votes will count for top honors that dont comply.

AGAIN Margaret thank you for getting so many to post pictures of such splendid jades.
it will help a lot of people identify theres

I have been loving all the jade photos, nobody could have got more of a kick out of this contest than myself, so thank you all for participating so enthusiastically, and we still have a few days of fun to go.

To be honest, there has been little work involved, the 'like' button is a great asset, but you, the competitors, have been doing most of the work. Having said which, this would not have been successful without Richard, who threw himself heart and soul into it, not to mention offering desirable prizes, and thanks also to Pagan for her generous offer.

There have been some who broke the rules, probably unintentionally; so if you have voted more than three times altogether, please choose which photos to unlike; I'm sure the jade photo participants you 'unlike' will understand that it's not personal. Also, if you have voted, and have only registered as a GW member after the date specified at the top of the Jade Photo Competition thread, I'm afraid your vote will be disallowed when we are checking votes at the end of the competition, so perhaps you might prefer to 'unlike' any photos you have 'liked' before then. This is obviously in the interest of fairness to all.

I agree with Richard that a monthly competition for other categories of succulents or cacti would shorten the winter. Has anyone any suggestions for the next competition? Since I only grow jades, I would be happy to monitor the votes etc. in a neutral capacity, or anyone else might like that role either.

Stush, is there another plant in the same pot as 'Oddity' or is that all the one plant?

I love plants with stories behind them- a colorful or meaningful history. Maybe share a plant and its story, and we vote on the top three?

ez

Quote : A monthly competition for other categories of succulents or cacti would shorten the winter.

Good idea Any Suggested ideas for a consensus as to which succulent type plant of the month contest should be ?

How would letting the winner pick the next month species.

I would also like to see a panel of judges from the cactus and succulent forum to determine the winner as would a plant show with out outside influence. judges could be elected by popular vote among members or only anyone who has posted in the last sixty days to vote.

Richard

I would like another Jade competition first, as this was the first one, many like myself were not fully prepared, and the rules were really not set, nor the final wrinkles ironed out until the last minute. Just my thought.

I am totally against using a panel of judges. I prefer to let anyone who is a member cast a vote. I think it is too elitist for a forum like ours to have a panel of judges decide which is best. This is a forum of the people, by the people, for the people. (Hmmm...that sounds familiar.) Let the people decide!

Christopher

Margaret, thanks for pulling this all together. At this point, I think people are just going to vote for however many that they want. Probably isn't a big deal as it just dilutes the votes. Let me know if you need any help from me - otherwise I'm just going to continue enjoying the photos that everyone posts. Thanks to everyone for participating!

Quote : I would also like to see a panel of judges from the cactus and succulent forum to determine the winner as would a plant show with out outside influence.

Hypothetically speaking,in a nut shell, you cant really have Steve Hammer as a judge at a Messebs show where he is also showing his messebs. ( AKA conflict of interest)

Although a small judging panel is not a bad idea, it's just that at the real C&S show judges are in a way of speaking an outside influence.

When do we need a panel of judges ? In an unlikely event of a tie. I agree that an odd number of people ( 3 or 5) should make posted comments on the thread ( votes) for the best of winner. IMO said persons should include host and the helpers who have indicated they would offer this type of assistance if needed and said person(s) on this panel hadn't posted a pic(s).

Fair and impartial allowing the peoples vote to 100% declare the winner as the rule.

It's actually quite easy. The photos, firstly, are a great success, and are fun and information for all.

At the end, on Sunday, votes will be counted, and if there is a smidgin of doubr about a voter, as per the Rules thread, their vote will simply be discounted. Also, if anyone has voted for more than three people, and has not chosen to 'unlike' the excess, we will have to decide on that ourselves.

After all, this is just a little forum competition, which may have shone interesting sidelights on human psychology, but it was for fun, and that hasn't changed.

Almost three days still to participate, I hope we'll see more jades yet.

Yay, so many pretty pictures! I declare this contest a 100% success no matter what happens next. (and hopefully, what happens next is more entries).

Thanks for making this happen Margaret! Whether or not you choose to take credit, if you hadn't poked and prodded there'd be no contest thread filled with pictures of jades to ogle.

Thanks so much, Daniel. Though at this stage it is assuming the appearance of an Irish general election, Proportional Representation and all.

marguerite_gw,

That Semp is Oddity. I purchased it at Lowes and couldn't believe my eyes. It looks too simular to Hobbit Jade. It is hardy to zone 4 or 5 so I planted it out side. Didn't do so well for me but I still have a very small piece living.

So the long pieces are part of the sempervivum - I thought there were two plants in the one pot. Very interesting.

Bumping this for Rina and others who are interested in the prizes.