(May, 11, 2003, in Port Charlotte, FL )

 See the winners down below:

Total Entries - 833 + 69 seedlings = 902

Gold Seals = 394 (47%)

With over 900 blooms to judge in only a few hours, the judges were very busy!

Danielle & Debbie Teodorescu and Karl Hallsten were busy running blooms to and from the judges.

Ruth Watson, Cap Wilchek (show chairman) and Robert Sisson

	Bob Carran & Curt Sinclair
Jo & Pete Conrad had a successful show day
Don & Beti Naughgle had to drive three hours to get to the show from Leesburg..	Bonnie Orpi and Donna Schneider have a laugh while preparing blooms for judging.
	Gloria White's long drive from Miami paid off with a couple of winning blooms.
Rita Hall, editor of The Seed Pod and Ed Flory, Show Director Rita is holding the 5" ring for determining miniatures.

The winners are:

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

Sweepstakes - Amateur: Eddie Griffith, ACID RAIN	Sweepstakes - Collector: Beti & Don Naughgle, FANTASY CHARM
Sweepstakes - Open Collector: Nola & Carlos Reynolds, PINK DIXIE	Sweepstakes - Commercial: Exotic Hibiscus (Curt Sinclair), CLOUD 9

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: Eddie Griffith, 5th DIMENSION	Amateur Double: Mari Ann Rijska, BERRY-GO-ROUND
Collector Single: Linda Asmann, GEORGIA'S PEARL	Collector Single: Linda Asmann, ELEPHANT EAR
Open Collector Single: Gloria White, TAMIBON	Open Collector Double: Annelle & Randy Cox, ATLANTIS
Commercial Single: Exotic Hibiscus (Curt Sinclair), ORA VERDE	Commercial Double: Conrad Nursery (Jo & Pete Conrad), SILVER CHARM
Miniature Single: Pine Island Tropicals (Gary & Donna Schneider), RUSTY PASTEL	Miniature Double: Conrad Nursery (Jo & Pete Conrad), PRIDE OF COLLINS

Seedling Regular Single: Conrad Nursery (Jo & Pete Conrad), BUBBA COOPER	Seedling Regular Double: Duncan Othen, DOUBLE DARE
Seedling Miniature Single: Conrad Nursery (Jo & Pete Conrad), BLUE TIDBIT

 

The blooms below were the overall Bests of Show. 

Miniature: Conrad Nursery (Jo & Pete Conrad), RUSTY PASTEL	Seedling: Exotic Hibiscus (Curt Sinclair), KATLYN
Single: Nola & Carlos Reynolds, LOUISIANA FLASH	Double: Gloria White, BOB'S DELIGHT

 

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