(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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