American Hibiscus Society  

The Red Stick Chapter's

5th Annual Show

(May 3, 2009 at the Burden Research Center in Baton Rouge, LA)

 See the winners down below:

Total Entries - 569 blooms, 67 seedlings

Gold Seals - 314 (55%), 10 amateur exhibitors

Photos by Damon Veach
Carolyn and Damon at hanging basket display.
RSHA's youngest member Hunter with ribbons.
Julliette and Amy at membership desk.
Dick and Melanie picking out plants.
Greg, Marti, and Jim at head table display.
The sale gets underway.
Vicki and Sherry setting up display area.
Michael Adams in bloom display area.
Danny, Edwin, Carolyn and Doris at center display.
Bill, Dick and Peggy taking a break.
Burden employee Clarence and good friend of RSHA.
Alvin and Denise new RSHA members relaxing.
Some of our trees in the display area.
Another view of the display area.

 

The winners are:

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

Sweepstakes - Amateur:

Donald Whitehead,

EXOTIC SENSATION
Sweepstakes - Collector:

Carolyn McCarroll,

MAGIC MOMENTS
Sweepstakes - Open Collector:

Sam & Lynn Andrews,

ORANGE BEACH
Sweepstakes - Commercial:

Dupont Nursery

(Bobby & Bootsie Dupont),

HIGH DEFINITION

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:

Sherry Dore,

BLACK DRAGON

Amateur Double:

Hunter Monsour,

ANDERSON'S DOUBLE RED

Collector Single:

Jim & Jean Gedicke,

TIGERAMA

Collector Double:

Joyce & C.J.Melebeck,

unnamed

Open Collector Single:

Buddy Short,

STOLEN KISS

Open Collector Double:

Marti & Greg Graves,

SALTY DOG

Commercial Single:

Dupont Nursery

(Bobby & Bootsie Dupont),

STORMFRONT

Commercial Double:

Dupont Nursery

(Bobby & Bootsie Dupont),

BRIDAL PARTY

Miniature Single:

Rod Hendrick,

CYBERSPACE

Miniature Double:

Rod Hendrick,

PRO TEMP

 

See Bests of Show.
Seedling Regular Single:

See Bests of Show.
Seedling Regular Double:

Dupont/Gerlich,

77-07

Seedling Miniature Single:

Sam & Lynn Andrews,

08-676
Seedling Miniature Double:

Dupont/Gerlich,

SMALL WONDER
 

The blooms below were the overall Bests of Show. 
Miniature:

Cindy Erndt,

DEVIL'S EYE
Seedling:

Dupont/Gerlich,

SNOW ON THE MOUNTAIN
Single:

Sam & Lynn Andrews,

ANGEL'S WINGS
Double:

Sam & Lynn Andrews,

RITZY GAL

 

 

 

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