(September 29, 2002 in Largo near St. Petersburg, FL )

 See the winners down below:

Total Entries = 565

Gold Seals = 281 (50%), 6 amateurs

Carlos & Nola Reynolds brought about 120 blooms. They carry them on wires stuck in styrofoam.	Exhibiting at shows is fun, Gary & Donna Schneider and Mary Ann Dunn.
Here, the judges examine each of the hundreds of blooms to see how close they are to the ideal for that variety.
	Sonny & Darlene entered blooms they brought when they drove down from Maryland.
Kathy Grandoff is busy getting her and Don Mixon's blooms entered for judging before the 11:30 deadline.	Ed Flory and Curt Sinclair

The winners are:

Sweepstakes winning exhibitors have chosen the blooms below to represent themselves.

Sweepstakes - Amateur: Lori Wiedeman, SUN SHOWERS	Sweepstakes - Collector: Karen & Jim Courtright, ANDERSON DOUBLE YELLOW RED
Sweepstakes - Open Collector: Nola & Carlos Reynolds, HAPPY MOMENTS	Sweepstakes - Commercial: Exotic Hibiscus (Curt Sinclair), KAREN LEE

The above were the winning growers and the flowers they chose to represent themselves.

The flowers below were the winning blooms by category and their growers. 

 

Amateur Single: Lori Wiedeman, WHEEL OF FORTUNE	Amateur Double: Lori Wiedeman, JIMMY JOHN
Collector Single: Jane & Ed Flory, CHERRY BLOSSOM	Collector Double: Ann & Buck Buchanan, ELEPHANT EAR
Open Collector Single: Nola & Carlos Reynolds, MEJOR	Open Collector Double: Nola & Carlos Reynolds, DANCING FIRE
Commercial Single: Exotic Hibiscus (Curt Sinclair), AMANDA DUBIN	Commercial Double: Exotic Hibiscus (Curt Sinclair), TEXAS ROSE
Miniature Single: Wally & Zelma Neef, LISBOA	Miniature Double: Exotic Hibiscus (Curt Sinclair), CREOLE FLAME

Seedling Regular Single: Exotic Hibiscus (Curt Sinclair), ROMANTIC DREAMS	Seedling Miniature Double: Nola & Carlos Reynolds, ARCTIC SURPRISE
Seedling Miniature Single: Plants Galore (Mary Ann Dunn & Doug Hotelling), LADY BUG

 

The blooms below were the overall Bests of Show. 

Miniature: Exotic Hibiscus (Curt Sinclair), BELKIN	Seedling: Exotic Hibiscus (Curt Sinclair), PINK SNOWFLAKE
Single: Ed & Jane Flory, SOFTLY SPOKEN	Double: Elaine & Russ Scobey, CROSS

 

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