American Hibiscus Society  

The Gulf Coast Chapter's

40th Annual Show

(May 15, 2005, in Venice, FL )

 See the winners down below:

Total Entries - 898 blooms (including 42 seedlings)

Gold Seals = 537 (60%)

 

 Photography by Uli Asmann

Top right is Wally Neef. In the center is Rhonda Cope and her winning amateur single, Gator Pride. Bottom left is Bob Carran, center are Jo & Pete Conrad and Katie McClain & Walter Bisselle at right.

 

 

 

 


The winners are:

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

 

Sweepstakes - Amateur:

Jim Bridges,

HIGH VOLTAGE

Sweepstakes - Collector:

Irene Collins,

PINK TIGER

Sweepstakes - Open Collector:

Nola & Carlos Reynolds,

FLO BELLE

Sweepstakes - Commercial:

Unbelievable Hibiscus

(Don Mixon & Kathy Grandoff),

JUNE'S DRAGON

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:

Rhonda Cope,

GATOR PRIDE

Amateur Double:

Jim Bridges,

TOP KNOT

Collector Single:

Gloria White,

TAMIBON

Collector Double:

Irene Collins,

AMBER SUZANNE

Open Collector Single:

Nola & Carlos Reynolds,

SOFTLY SPOKEN

Open Collector Double:

Nola & Carlos Reynolds,

DANCING FIRE

Commercial Single:

Unbelievable Hibiscus

(Kathy Grandoff & Don Mixon),

SPECIAL FX

Commercial Double:

Exotic Hibiscus

(Curt Sinclair),

GOD'S GRACE

Miniature Single:

Nola & Carlos Reynolds,

WITCH HAZEL

Miniature Double:

Irene Collins),

PRIDE OF COLLINS

See Bests of Show below.
Seedling Regular Single:

See Bests of Show below.

Seedling Regular Double:

Nola & Carlos Reynolds,

ALMOST PERFECTION

Seedling Miniature Single:

John Cocolis,

STELLA

Seedling Miniature Double:

Bob Carran,

KISS OF FIRE

 


The blooms below were the overall Bests of Show. 

 

Miniature:

John Cocolis,

WILD BLUEBERRY

Seedling:

Bob Carran,

PILLOW TALK

Single:

Exotic Hibiscus

(Curt Sinclair),

ANGEL'S WINGS

Double:

Irene Collins,

DANCING FIRE

 


 

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