HAP Application Form

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Purpose : To recognize and encourage outstanding achievement in the maintenance and propagation of aquatic plants.

Awards :
Aquatic Horticulturist-50 points
Must complete 50 points (4 species) from class B, C, D.

Aquatic Advanced Horticulturist-120 points
Must meet Aquatic requirements; Must complete 120 points (12 species) 2 from class C, 2 from class D & 1 form class E.

Expert Aquatic Horticulturist-250 points
Must meet Advanced requirements; Must complete 250 points (30 species) 2 from class D, 2 from class E & 1 from class F.

Master Aquatic Horticulturist-500 points
Must meet Expert requirements; Must complete 500 points (40 species) 3 from class D, 3 from class E, 2 from class F and 1 from class G.

Grand Master Horticulturist-1000 points
Must meet Master requirements; Must complete 1000 points (80 species) plus 1 of either a lecture, photo essay or article.

Rules and Regulations:
1. Plants reproduced must conform with the following definition of a true aquatic plant:A true aquatic plant is one which, in the wild or native state, can be found either as free floating, rooted with leaves floating at the surface of the water or projecting into the air, or completely submerged as a normal occurrence at some time during the course of one calendar year.
2. Verification of the plant by either the HAP Chairperson or designate.
3. Members should notify the HAP Chairperson when requiring verification so that an initial or second inspection, identification, and HAP report can be completed.
4. Verification of the plant in classes A through D will have to be brought to the general meeting for verification. In hardship cases, the HAP Chairperson can visit the member s home so the plant will not have to be uprooted. The HAP Chairperson reserves the right to exclude any plant which is doubtful.
5. A completed HAP Report must accompany the plant for verification. The HAP Report form should be completed and signed by the participant and submitted to the HAP Chairperson. It is his/her responsibility to include the species scientific name along with all other pertinent information.
6. You must be a member in good standing of the BAS.
7. Upon request, our HAP Chairperson will also forward points achieved to a new club in the event of a BAS member leaving our membership. BAS will recognize a new member's previous HAP awards from another club upon presentation of proof that the member propagated the species of plants in question.

The following will be considered the basis for reproduction:
Floating Plants
Doubling in the amount of plant material.
Bunch Plants
Doubling in the amount of plant material determined by a count of rooted
growing stems.
Reproduction by Runner or Division
A single, healthy plant reproduced by means of underground stems, roots, runners, or by simple fragmentation of parts of the plant and capable of surviving independently of the parent plant immediately. The parent plant is required to be alive and in good health. Bunch plants are not allowed in this category.
Sexual Reproduction
One plant reproduced by sexual means, the setting of seeds, from the aquarist's parent plant. The reproduced plant must be large enough to identify the plant as one coming from the said parent plant. Seeds may not be purchased from a supplier, breeder, or another hobbyist, and simply grown. In order to receive points for sexual reproduction, verification by an HAP representative is required for the plant when in full flower (with the flower attached to the plant), again when the seeds can be seen free of the parent plant, and again when the young plants are verified for final recognition for accomplishment.
Flowering
Recognition will be awarded for all reported flowerings of aquatic plants, with or without the successful propagation of that particular plant