(May, 17, 2003, in South Venice, FL )

 See the winners down below:

Total Entries - 825 + 38 seedlings = 863

Gold Seals = 442 (54%)

A view of a few of the hundreds of blooms.

George Radlhammer, Scott Grover, Jim Courtright and Roy Hyland

	Anne Hyland and Katie McClain
Carlos Reynolds and his Louisana Flash bloom that was shortly to become the Best of Show Single at this show. This cultivar was also Best of Show Single at last week's show.
Marty Henn, chairman of the Seed Bank, and Verna Silk	Penny Rose-Benninger, treasurer of the AmHS doing her stint selling hibiscus items.

The winners are:

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

Sweepstakes - Amateur: Eddie Griffith, DAVID BOULIN	Sweepstakes - Collector: Irene Collins, DAVID GLENN
Sweepstakes - Open Collector: Nola & Carlos Reynolds, LAST DATE	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: Eddie Griffith, PRESIDENT	Amateur Double: Maribeth Carran, AMBER SUZANNE
Collector Single: Jane & Ed Flory, BYRON METTS	Collector Double: Jane & Ed Flory, ELEPHANT EAR
Open Collector Single: Annelle & Randy Cox, FANTASY CHARM	Open Collector Double: Nola & Carlos Reynolds, RUTH WATSON
Commercial Single: Exotic Hibiscus (Curt Sinclair), OLIVER	Commercial Double: Unbelievable Hibiscus (Kathy Grandoff & Don Mixon), ANNA ELIZABETH
Miniature Single: Duncan Othen, RUSTY PASTEL	Miniature Double: Jane & Ed Flory, CAPRICE

	Seedling Regular Double: Nola & Carlos Reynolds, 2875
Seedling Miniature Single: Exotic Hibiscus (Curt Sinclair), INTENSE PASSION	Seedling Miniature Double: Exotic Hibiscus (Curt Sinclair), SOLAFLARE

 

The blooms below were the overall Bests of Show. 

Miniature: Elaine & Russ Scobey, ROYAL TREASURE	Seedling: Pine Island Tropicals (Gary & Donna Schneider), KURT PEDERSEN
Single: Nola & Carlos Reynolds, LOUISIANA FLASH	Double: Elaine & Russ Scobey, ROYAL CROWN

 

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