April 2, 2011 Mead Botanical Garden in Winter Park

 See the winners down below:

Total Entries - 437 blooms, 31 seedlings,

Gold Seals - 183 (41.6%), 4 amateur exhibitors

Patti Schwindt, Rita Hall, Victor Zeno and Krista Mathews	Marsha Gurr and her hibiscus cakes
Adam & Dixie Resnick	Mike Usborne and Becky Neal
Terry Bryant and Beth Jobson	Margaret & Gerald Nixon
Jerry & Karla Holmes watch Shirley Gifford work on the head table.	Virgin Islanders: Susan Sheehan and Barbara Hagan-Smith

More people pictures at bottom of page.

The winners are:

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

Sweepstakes - Amateur: Bill Bryan, PLUM PIZZAZZ	Sweepstakes - Collector: Jim & Mary Bridges, BYRON METTS
Sweepstakes - Open Collector: Nola & Carlos Reynolds, DANCING FIRE	Sweepstakes - Commercial: Unbelievable Hibiscus (Kathy Grandoff & Don Mixon), TAHITIAN PINK PARADE

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: Bill Bryan, ACADIAN SPRING Also the James Wiley Award	Amateur Double: Dixie & Adam Resnick, CYNTHIA Also the Jane & Fred Fallman Award
Collector Single: Ed & Jane Flory, TARANTELLA	Collector Double: Jim & Mary Bridges, LOVE PAT
Open Collector Single: Nola & Carlos Reynolds, TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY	Open Collector Double: Connie & Fred Roush, GATOR MAGIC
Commercial Single: Unbelievable Hibiscus (Kathy Grandoff & Don Mixon), DAREDEVIL	Commercial Double: Unbelievable Hibiscus (Kathy Grandoff & Don Mixon), TAHITIAN RED SUN
Miniature Single: Nola & Carlos Reynolds, SWEETHEART	Miniature Double: Unbelievable Hibiscus (Kathy Grandoff & Don Mixon), BAYOU ROSE

	See Bests of Show
Seedling Regular Single: Unbelievable Hibiscus (Kathy Grandoff & Don Mixon), BODACIOUS BROWN	Seedling Regular Double: See Bests of Show.
No Entry	No Entry
Seedling Miniature Single: No Entry	Seedling Miniature Double: No Entry

The blooms below were the overall Bests of Show. 

Miniature: Bill Bryan, WILD BLUEBERRY	Seedling: Carlos & Nola Reynolds, AUSSIE GIFT
Single: Karla & Jerry Holmes, BETTE EVANS	Double: Unbelievable Hibiscus (Kathy Grandoff & Don Mixon), QUEEN OF DREAMS

Clockwise from 11 o'clock: Bill Bryan; Mary Bridges, Bonnie Orpi, Zelma Neef and Tony Orpi; chapter president Fred Fallman and Wally Neef; Carlos Reynolds; Kathy Grandoff and AHS president Don Mixon; Jim Bridges, Jesse Garcia and Fred Roush; Bob Carran; Nola Reynolds with tray of blooms in center.

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