Convention 2009 Flower Show

Special Awards

SWEEPSTAKES IN HORTICULTURE – Carol Hamelink with 6 blue ribbons

RUNNER-UP TO SWEEPSTAKES IN HORTICULTURE – Nancy Kast with 5 blue and 7 red ribbons

SECOND RUNNER-UP TO SWEEPSTAKES IN HORTICULTURE – Tim Tuttle with 5 blue and 6 red ribbons

BEST IN SHOW Conandron ramondioides exhibited by Bill Price

RUNNER-UP TO BEST IN SHOW Aeschynanthus humilis exhibited by Lyndon Lyon Greenhouses

SWEEPSTAKES IN ARTISTIC – Karyn Cichocki with 4 blue ribbons

RUNNER-UP TO SWEEPSTAKES IN ARTISTIC – Olive Ma Robinson with 3 blue ribbons

BEST ARTISTIC – Underwater arrangement "Silver Spring" exhibited by Olive Ma Robinson

RUNNER-UP TO BEST ARTISTIC – Straight-sided terrarium exhibited by Jill Fischer

BEST IN ARTS – Color print of Columnea tenella GRE 11103 exhibited by Julie Mavity-Hudson

RUNNER-UP TO BEST IN ARTS – Color print of Streptocarpus seedling exhibited by Dale Martens

BEST IN COMMERCIAL/EDUCATIONAL – Commercial display table exhibited by Lyndon Lyon Greenhouses

BEST NEW WORLD TUBEROUS GESNERIAD IN FLOWER Sinningia species "Florianopolis" exhibited by Carol Hamelink

BEST NEW WORLD RHIZOMATOUS GESNERIAD IN FLOWER Amalophyllon clarkii exhibited by Jo Anne Martinez

BEST NEW WORLD FIBROUS-ROOTED GESNERIAD IN FLOWER Columnea sanguinea exhibited by Olive Ma Robinson

BEST OLD WORLD GESNERIAD IN FLOWER Chirita dielsii exhibited by Bill Price

BEST GESNERIAD GROWN FOR ORNAMENTAL QUALITIES Columnea 'Broget Stavanger' exhibited by Olive Ma Robinson

BEST NEW GESNERIAD Chirita 'Louisa' exhibited by Carolyn Conlin-Lane

BEST LESSER-KNOWN GESNERIAD Conandron ramondioides exhibited by Bill Price

BEST COLLECTION OF GESNERIADS Petrocosmea Collection exhibited by Paul Kroll

BEST TRAINED OR SCULPTURED GESNERIAD Columnea 'Goldheart' exhibited by Charlene Marietti

BEST ARRANGEMENT OF FRESH CUT AND/OR GROWING MATERIAL – "Fireworks" exhibited by Paul Kroll

BEST ARRANGEMENT OF FRESH CUT MATERIAL – "Silver Spring" exhibited by Olive Ma Robinson

BEST ARRANGEMENT OF GROWING GESNERIADS – "National Museum of the American Indian" exhibited by Judy Zinni

BEST PLANTING OF GROWING MATERIAL – Natural garden exhibited by Karyn Cichocki

BEST IN PHOTOGRAPHY – Color photo of Streptocarpus seedling exhibited by Dale Martens

BEST ARTS & CRAFTS REPRESENTING GESNERIADS – Watercolor Botanical Study of Sinningia macropoda (dwarf) exhibited by Randy Baron

BEST COMMERCIAL – Commercial display exhibited by Lyndon Lyon Greenhouses

BEST RECENTLY REGISTERED HYBRID Streptocarpus 'Dale's Scarlet Macaw' exhibited by Gail Gray

BEST NEW SPECIES Diastema species "Red Falls" exhibited by Tim Tuttle

BEST SCENTED GESNERIAD Chiritopsis repanda var. guilinensis exhibited by Tim Tuttle

BEST CHIRITA Chirita dielsii exhibited by Bill Price

BEST COLUMNEA Columnea 'Broget Stavanger' exhibited by Olive Ma Robinson

BEST EPISCIA OR ALSOBIAAlsobia 'Cygnet' exhibited by Lynn Cook and Troy Ray

BEST KOHLERIA Kohleria 'Peridots Mango Martini' exhibited by Kathy Spissman

BEST PETROCOSMEA Petrocosmea rosettifolia exhibited by Tim Tuttle

BEST SINNINGIA Sinningia species "Florianopolis" exhibited by Carol Hamelink

BEST STREPTOCARPUS Streptocarpus 'Shy Blue' exhibited by Carol Hamelink

BEST SEWN, STITCHED OR BEADED Saintpaulia hybrid cross-stitch picture exhibited by Jill Fischer

BEST GESNERIAD EXHIBITING FRUIT Columnea orientandina exhibited by Carol Hamelink

BEST GESNERIAD EXHIBITED BY A FIRST-TIME CONVENTION ATTENDEE – Petrocosmea begoniifolia exhibited by Nancy Carr

JUDGES AWARD OF MERIT Sinningia amambayensis exhibited by Carol Hamelink

 

Class Awards

Division I - Horticulture

SECTION A – New World Gesneriads in Flower – Tuberous

Class 1Sinningia speciosa 'Carangola' exhibited by Ben Paternoster

Class 2Sinningia macropoda (dwarf) exhibited by Arleen Dewell

Class 3Sinningia species "Florianopolis" exhibited by Carol Hamelink

Class 4A Sinningia 'Heartland's Dancing' exhibited by Ben Paternoster

Class 4BSinningia 'Ozark Red Lightning' exhibited by Doris Brownlie

Class 5 Sinningia 'Deep Purple Dreamin' exhibited by Beverley Williams

Class 6Sinningia pusilla 'White Sprite' exhibited by Paul Susi

Class 7 – ×Sinvana 'Mount Magazine' exhibited by Carol Hamelink

SECTION B – New World Gesneriads in Flower – Rhizomatous

Class 9AKohleria 'Pink Shadows' exhibited by John Boggan

Class 9BKohleria 'Peridots Mango Martini' exhibited by Kathy Spissman

Class 13AAmalophyllon clarkii exhibited by Jo Anne Martinez

Class 13B Pearcea hypocyrtiflora exhibited by Nancy Kast

SECTION C – New World Gesneriads in Flower – Fibrous-Rooted

Class 15AColumnea 'Eewun' exhibited by Lynn Cook and Troy Ray

Class 15BColumnea lehmannii exhibited by Olive Ma Robinson

Class 16Alsobia 'Cygnet' exhibited by Lynn Cook and Troy Ray

Class 17 Gesneria 'Ako Cardinal Flight' exhibited by Nancy Kast

SECTION D – Old World Gesneriads in Flower

Class 20Aeschynanthus humilis exhibited by Lyndon Lyon Greenhouses

Class 21A Chirita dielsii exhibited by Bill Price

Class 21BChirita sinensis 'Latifolia' exhibited by Richard Carr

Class 22AChirita 'Nimbus' exhibited by Bev Promersberger

Class 22BChirita 'Cynthia' exhibited by Carolyn Conlin-Lane

Class 23APetrocosmea begoniifolia exhibited by Nancy Carr

Class 24Saintpaulia ionantha ssp. grotei 'Silvert' exhibited by Karyn Cichocki

Class 25Saintpaulia 'Rob's Twinkle Pink' exhibited by Carolyn Conlin-Lane

Class 26 Saintpaulia 'Raspberry Sizzle' exhibited by Carolyn Conlin-Lane

Class 27Saintpaulia 'Optimara Annabelle' exhibited by Sylvia Taub

Class 30Streptocarpus johannis JT 04-06 exhibited by Bob Stewart

Class 31AStreptocarpus 'Shy Blue' exhibited by Carol Hamelink

Class 31B Streptocarpus 'Summer Parfait' exhibited by Carol Hamelink

Class 31C Streptocarpus 'Dale's Scarlet Macaw' exhibited by Gail Gray

Class 32A Boea hemsleyana exhibited by Nancy Kast

Class 32BChiritopsis repanda var. guilinensis exhibited by Tim Tuttle

SECTION E – Gesneriads Grown for Ornamental Qualities other than Flowers

Class 33AChirita sinensis 'Hisako' exhibited by Carol Hamelink

Class 33B Chirita 'Stardust' exhibited by Carol Hamelink

Class 33CChirita 'Cynthia' exhibited by Julie Thompson

Class 33DChirita 'Destiny' exhibited by Doris Brownlie

Class 34AEpiscia lilacina 'Blue Nile' exhibited by Arleen Dewell

Class 34BEpiscia 'Heartland's Graybeard' exhibited by Tim Tuttle

Class 35 Episcia 'Pink Dreams' exhibited by Jill Fischer

Class 36A Petrocosmea forrestii exhibited by La Donna Hopson

Class 36BPetrocosmea rosettifolia exhibited by Tim Tuttle

Class 36CPetrocosmea sericea HT-1 exhibited by Nancy Carr

Class 36DPetrocosmea begoniifolia exhibited by Sylvia Taub

Class 36EPetrocosmea flaccida exhibited by Nancy Carr

Class 36FPetrocosmea 'Shortnin' Bread' exhibited by Julie Thompson

Class 37Columnea 'Broget Stavanger' exhibited by Olive Ma Robinson

Class 38ASinningia leucotricha exhibited by Betsy Sherwin

Class 38BNautilocalyx glandulifer exhibited by Paul Kroll

Class 39Columnea 'Frosty Hills' exhibited by Nancy Kast

SECTION F – New Gesneriads

Class 40Diastema species "Red Falls" exhibited by Tim Tuttle

Class 42AKohleria 'Rattlesnake' exhibited by John Boggan

Class 42BSinningia 'Matt Hudson' exhibited by Tim Tuttle

Class 42CChirita 'Louisa' exhibited by Carolyn Conlin-Lane

SECTION G – Lesser-Known Gesneriads Seldom Grown or Seen in Shows

Class 44Conandron ramondioides exhibited by Bill Price

Class 45Ornithoboea arachnoidea exhibited by Nancy Kast

SECTION H – Collections of Gesneriads

Class 46APetrocosmea Collection exhibited by Paul Kroll

Class 46BChirita Collection exhibited by Beverley Williams

Class 46CStreptocarpus Collection exhibited by Lee Stradley

SECTION I – Trained or Sculptured Gesneriads

Class 48Columnea 'Goldheart' exhibited by Charlene Marietti

Division II - Artistic

SECTION K – Arrangements of Fresh Cut and/or Growing Material

Class 51 – "Fireworks" exhibited by Paul Kroll

Class 52 – "International Spy Museum" exhibited by Neale Stuart-Merriman

Class 53 – "Folger Shakespeare Library: A Midsummer Night's Dream" exhibited by Mel Grice

Class 54 – "Cherry Blossom Parade" exhibited by Paul Kroll

SECTION L – Arrangements of Fresh Cut Gesneriad Material

Class 55 – "Rock Creek" Challenge Class exhibited by Barbara Stewart

Class 56 – "Kite Festival" exhibited by Judy Zinni

Class 57 – " Textile Museum" exhibited by Olive Ma Robinson

Class 58 – "Silver Spring" exhibited by Olive Ma Robinson

SECTION M – Arrangements of Growing Gesneriad Material

Class 59 – "Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens" exhibited by Olive Ma Robinson

Class 60 – "National Museum of the American Indian" exhibited by Judy Zinni

Class 61 – "Old Towne Alexandria, VA" exhibited by Karyn Cichocki

SECTION N – Plantings of Growing Material

Class 62 – Terrarium (straight sided) exhibited by Jill Fischer

Class 63 – Terrarium (curved) exhibited by Karyn Cichocki

Class 64 – Tray Landscape (less than 12") exhibited by Karyn Cichocki

Class 65 – Tray Landscape (12" to 24") exhibited by Mel Grice

Class 66 – Natural Garden (less than 12") exhibited by Karyn Cichocki

Class 67 – Natural Garden (12" to 24") exhibited by Jill Fischer

Division III - The Arts

SECTION P – Photography

Class 70A – Color Print of Columnea tenella GRE 11103 (partial plant) exhibited by Julie Mavity-Hudson

Class 70B – Color Print of Petrocosmea rosettifolia (flower) exhibited by Wallace Wells

Class 70C – Color Print of Drymonia collegarum (partial plant) exhibited by Maurice Marietti

Class 71 – Color Print of Streptocarpus seedling (whole plant) exhibited by Dale Martens

Class 72 – Color Print of Rhytidophyllum tomentosum (natural habitat) exhibited by Pam Braun

Class 73 – Monochrome Print of Nematanthus striata flower exhibited by Jim Roberts

SECTION Q – Arts and Crafts Representing Gesneriads

Class 74 – Watercolor Botanical Study of Sinningia macropoda (dwarf) exhibited by Randy Baron

Class 75 – Counted Cross-Stitch Picture of Saintpaulia hybrid exhibited by Jill Fischer

Class 76 – Broken China Mosaic Tabletop of ×Codonatanthus 'Barsoom' exhibited by Carol Ann Bonner

SECTION R – Commercial Displays

Class 78 – Display table (less than 10 plants) exhibited by Lyndon Lyon Greenhouses