(October 5, 2003, in Coral Gables, FL )

 See the winners down below:

Total Entries - 438

Gold Seals = 198 (45%), 35 Seedlings

Photos by Gloria White.

A busload of people came from the Conrad-Sunrise Chapter.

Chapter and past American Hibiscus Society presidents: John Celli, Pete Conrad, Bernard Pages Luc Vannoorbeeck (back), Gloria While and Zelma Neef (front)

Getting ready for judging.

Mark Evans among the hundreds of blooms.

Nancy & Phil Spool and Carol Vannoorbeeck

The winners are:

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

Sweepstakes - Amateur: John Celli, GIGANORMOUS	Sweepstakes - Collector: Karen & Jim Courtright, KAREN'S PINK
Sweepstakes - Open Collector: Nola & Carlos Reynolds, KATIE LYNN	Sweepstakes - Commercial: Exotic Hibiscus (Curt Sinclair), ANGEL'S WINGS

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: Carl Cathey, IT'S SO EASY	Amateur Double: John Celli, ROSALIND
Collector Single: Karen & James Courtright, SAHARA WIND	Collector Double: Zelma & Wally Neef, MELROSE
Open Collector Single: Nola & Carlos Reynolds, MEJOR	Open Collector Double: Nola & Carlos Reynolds, RED SNAPPER
Commercial Single: Conrad Nursery (Pete & Jo Conrad), NORTHERN LIGHT	Commercial Double: Elaine & Russ Scobey, ROYAL CROWN
Miniature Single: John Celli, LADY LI	Miniature Double: Nola & Carlos Reynolds, ARCTIC SURPRISE

Seedling Regular Single: Exotic Hibiscus (Curt Sinclair), 337	Seedling Regular Double: Conrad Nursery (Pete & Jo Conrad), A-02-0
See Best of Show Seedling
Seedling Miniature Single:	Seedling Miniature Double: Exotic Hibiscus (Curt Sinclair), EXOTIC SOLAR FLARE

 

The blooms below were the overall Bests of Show. 

Miniature: Conrad Nursery (Pete & Jo Conrad), NAPLES B	Seedling: Nola & Carlos Reynolds, FLYING TIGER
Single: Exotic Hibiscus (Curt Sinclair), BYRON METTS	Double: Nola & Carlos Reynolds, FLO BELLE

 

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