57th Annual Show

(June 1, 2008 in Fort Myers, FL)

 See the winners down below:

Total Entries - 633 blooms, 95 seedlings,

Gold Seals = 343 (54.2%)

Chapter president Joyce Comingore & Wanda Schmoyer	Curt Sinclair & Fern Betancourt
Ann Wollschlager, Tom & Mary Adams	Eddie Griffith & John Cocolis
Pat LaCoste & Jim Courtright	Don Mixon & Nola Reynolds
The Osters: Barbara, Clint, Marilyn & Kathi (Lurie)	Jerry Jovanovich & Diane Kaye
Five past presidents of the American Hibiscus Society: Rita Hall, Carl Powell, Zelma Neef, Pete Conrad & Curt Sinclair	Jane Flory & Don Schermerhorn

The winners are:

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

Sweepstakes - Amateur: Nancy S. Kopp, JANE COWL	Sweepstakes - Collector: Jim & Mary Bridges, SILVER CHARM
Sweepstakes - Open Collector: Fred & Connie Roush, JIMMY JOHN	Sweepstakes - Commercial: Tried & True Hibiscus (Randy & Annelle Cox), MEJOR

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: Nancy S. Kopp, PAINTED LADY	Amateur Double: Nancy S. Kopp, KATHERINE
Collector Single: Tom Miller, KATTIE JONES	Collector Double: Ed & Jane Flory, RED SNAPPER
Open Collector Single: Eddie Griffith, VOODOO QUEEN	Open Collector Double: Fred & Connie Roush, SWEET PINK
Commercial Single: Tried & True Hibiscus (Randy & Annelle Cox), ROSS ESTEY	Commercial Double: Conrad Nursery (Pete & Jo Conrad) , MAGIC MISSION
Miniature Single: Conrad Nursery (Pete & Jo Conrad), NIKITA	Miniature Double: John Martin, Pay Dirt

Seedling Regular Single: Conrad Nursery (Pete & Jo Conrad), VANDA	Seedling Regular Double: Fred & Connie Roush, LAVENDER CRAPE
	See Bests of Show below.
Seedling Miniature Single: Exotic Hibiscus (Curt Sinclair), 5-14	Seedling Miniature Double: See Bests of Show below.

 

The blooms below were the overall Bests of Show. 

Miniature: Exotic Hibiscus (Curt Sinclair), EXOTIC LAVENDER LADY	Seedling: Nola & Carlos Reynolds, PRO TEMP
Single: Jim & Mary Bridges, GEORGIA'S PEARL	Double: Conrad Nursery (Pete & Jo Conrad), BRIDE'S BOUQUET

 

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