2004 Convention Flower Show Awards

"Light Up Your Life – Gesneriads on Long Island"

SPECIAL AWARDS

SWEEPSTAKES IN HORTICULTURE - to Paul Kroll for 8 blue ribbons
RUNNER-UP TO SWEEPSTAKES IN HORTICULTURE - to Joseph Palagonia for 4 blue ribbons

SWEEPSTAKES IN ARTISTIC - to Karyn Cichocki for 5 blue ribbons

RUNNER-UP TO SWEEPSTAKES IN ARTISTIC - to Paul Kroll for 3 blue ribbons

BEST IN SHOW - to Ben Paternoster for Sinningia tubiflora

RUNNER-UP TO BEST IN SHOW - to Paul Lee for Nematanthus 'Tropicana'

BEST ARTISTIC - to Karyn Cichocki for her arrangement "Orient Point Lighthouse"

BEST IN THE ARTS - to Janet Lee for her watercolor unifoliate Streptocarpus
BEST NEW WORLD TUBEROUS GESNERIAD IN FLOWER - to Ben Paternoster for Sinningia tubiflora
BEST NEW WORLD RHIZOMATOUS GESNERIAD IN FLOWER – to Karyn Cichocki for Kohleria 'Green Goblin'
BEST NEW WORLD FIBROUS-ROOTED GESNERIAD IN FLOWER - to Paul Lee for Nematanthus 'Tropicana'
BEST OLD WORLD GESNERIAD IN FLOWER – to Paul Kroll for Streptocarpus variegated seedling #2
BEST GESNERIAD GROWN FOR ORNAMENTAL QUALITIES OTHER THAN FLOWERS – to Judy Padalino for Nautilocalyx forgetii
BEST NEW GESNERIAD IN FLOWER – to Dale Martens for Streptocarpus sp. nov. JT-03-06
BEST NEW GESNERIAD NOT IN FLOWER – to John Boggan for Chirita 'Little Dragon'
BEST LESSER-KNOWN GESNERIAD – to Bill Price for Calcareoboea coccinea
BEST COLLECTION OF GESNERIADS – to Paul Kroll for his Petrocosmea Collection
BEST GESNERIAD GROWN BY A NOVICE – to Sylvia Taub for Chirita sinensis 'Hisako'
BEST ARRANGEMENT OF FRESH CUT AND/OR GROWING MATERIAL – to Beryl Wood for "Cold Spring Harbor Lighthouse"
BEST ARRANGEMENT OF FRESH CUT MATERIAL – to Karyn Cichocki for "Race Rock Lighthouse"
BEST ARRANGEMENT OF GROWING GESNERIADS – to Karyn Cichocki for "Orient Point Lighthouse"
BEST GROWING MATERIAL PLANTING – to Beryl Wood for her trained Columnea 'Sylvia'
BEST IN PHOTOGRAPHY – to Sherman Paur for his color print of Gloxinia purpurascens
BEST CRAFT – to Janet Lee for her watercolor of a unifoliate Streptocarpus
BEST EDUCATIONAL EXHIBIT – to Jeanne Katzenstein for her exhibit "Fabulous Fruit"
BEST GESNERIAD EXHIBITING FRUIT – to Olive Ma Robinson for Pentadenia orientandina
BEST RECENTLY REGISTERED GESNERIAD – to Bill Price for Chirita 'Cynthia'
BEST SCENTED GESNERIAD – to Ben Paternoster for Sinningia tubiflora
BEST MINIATURE SINNINGIA – to Daphne Yaremko for Sinningia 'Fantasy Tau'
BEST MICRO-MINIATURE SINNINGIA – to Charlene Marietti for Sinningia 'Bright Eyes' x concinna
BEST EPISCIA – to Vivian Hiltz for Episcia 'Suomi'
BEST STREPTOCARPUS – to Paul Kroll for Streptocarpus variegated seedling #2

Division I - HORTICULTURE - Class Awards

SECTION A - New World Gesneriads in Flower - Tuberous

Class 1 – Sinningia speciosa 'Regina' seedling – Arleen Dewell

Class 2 – Sinningia eumorpha 'Saltao' – Wallace Wells

Class 3A – Sinningia schiffneri (red leaf) – Paul Susi

Class 3B – Sinningia tubiflora – Ben Paternoster

Class 4 – Sinningia 'Fantasy Tau' – Daphne Yaremko

Class 5 – Sinningia hybrid – Mary Bozoian

Class 6 – Sinningia 'Bright Eyes' x concinna – Charlene Marietti

SECTION B - New World Gesneriads in Flower - Rhizomatous

Class 10A – Kohleria 'Green Goblin' – Karyn Cichocki

Class 10B – Kohleria 'Strawberry Fields' – Bill Yager

Class 13 – Phinaea sp. USBRG 96-336 – Paul Kroll

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

Class 15A – Columnea schiedeana – Lee Stradley

Class 15B – ×Coltrichantha 'Midget' – Paul Sorano

Class 16 – Alsobia species – Bob and Dee Stewart

Class 17 – Gesneria acaulis WEK9901 – Daphne Yaremko

Class 18 – Nematanthus 'Tropicana' – Paul Lee

Class 19 – Cobananthus calochlamys – Paul Susi

SECTION D - Old World Gesneriads in Flower

Class 20 – Aeschynanthus hians – Bob and Dee Stewart

Class 21A – Chirita sp. USBRG 98-083 – Joseph Palagonia

Class 21B – Chirita tamiana – Joseph Palagonia

Class 22 – Chirita 'Kitaguni' – Paul Kroll

Class 23 – Petrocosmea flaccida – Judy Padalino

Class 24 – Saintpaulia grandifolia #237 – Joseph Palagonia

Class 25 – Saintpaulia 'Picasso' – Paul Kroll

Class 27 – Saintpaulia 'Child's Play' – Bob Clark

Class 28 – Saintpaulia 'Rocky Mountain Trail' – Bev Promersberger

Class 29 – Streptocarpus (Streptocarpella) white – Paul Lee

Class 31A – Streptocarpus 'Falling Stars' – Nancy Ley

Class 31B – Streptocarpus variegated seedling #2 – Paul Kroll

SECTION E - Gesneriads Grown for Ornamental Qualities Other Than Flowers

Class 33A – Chirita sp. USBRG 98-083 – Joseph Palagonia

Class 33B – Chirita 'Cynthia' – Bill Price

Class 34 – Episcia 'Kee Wee' – Betsy Sherwin

Class 35 – Episcia 'Pink Dreams' – Paul Kroll

Class 36A – Petrocosmea forrestii – Paul Kroll

Class 36B – Petrocosmea sericea – Paul Kroll

Class 36C – Petrocosmea rosettifolia G25KC00 – Daphne Yaremko

Class 37 – Columnea 'Broget Stavanger' – Doris Brownlie

Class 38A – Trichantha angustifolia – JoAnne Martinez

Class 38B – Nautilocalyx forgetii – Judy Padalino

Class 38C – Sinningia leucotricha – Kay Rotando

Class 39 – Kohleria 'Texas Rainbow' – Mary Bozoian

SECTION F - New Gesneriads

Class 40 – Streptocarpus sp. nov. JT-03-06 (GHA seed) – Dale Martens

Class 41 – Streptocarpus sp. "Liliputana" – Dale Martens

Class 42 – Chirita 'Nimbus' – Peter Shalit

Class 43 – Chirita 'Little Dragon' – John Boggan

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

Class 44 – Calcareoboea coccinea – Bill Price

SECTION H - Collections of Gesneriads

Class 46 – Petrocosmea Collection – Paul Kroll

SECTION I - Gesneriads Grown by a Novice

Class 48 – Kohleria 'Ganymede' – Robin Yager

Class 49 – Chirita sinensis 'Hisako' – Sylvia Taub

Division II - ARTISTIC - Class Awards

SECTION J - Arrangement of Fresh Cut and/or Growing Plant Material

Class 50 – "Sands Point Lighthouse" – Karyn Cichocki

Class 51 – "Fire Island Lighthouse" – Beryl Wood

Class 52 – "Montauk Point Lighthouse" – Bob Clark

Class 53 – "Cold Spring Harbor Lighthouse" – Beryl Wood

SECTION K - Arrangement of Fresh Cut Plant Material

Class 54 – "Cedar Island Lighthouse" Challenge Class – Jill Fischer

Class 55 – "Race Rock Lighthouse" – Karyn Cichocki

Class 56 – "Stepping Stones Lighthouse" – Karyn Cichocki

Class 57 – "Plum Island Lighthouse" – Paul Kroll

SECTION L - Arrangement of Growing Material

Class 58 – "Old Field Point Lighthouse – Karyn Cichocki

Class 60 – "Orient Point Lighthouse" – Karyn Cichocki

SECTION M - Growing Material in a Planting

Class 61 – Terrarium, straight-sided – Paul Kroll

Class 62 – Terrarium, curved – Charlene Marietti

Class 63 – Tray Landscape – Charlene Marietti

Class 64 – Natural Garden – Paul Kroll

Class 65 – Columnea 'Sylvia' (trained) – Beryl Wood

Class 66 – Sinningia pusilla (other container) – Charlene Marietti

Division III - THE ARTS - Class Awards

SECTION O - Photography

Class 68 – Color transparency Chirita micromusa – Julie Mavity-Hudson

Class 69A – Color print Rhytidophyllum leucomallon – Paul Susi

Class 69B – Color print Gloxinia purpurascens – Sherman Paur

Class 70 – Black and white print Sinningia 'Playful Porpoise' hybrid – Dale Martens

SECTION P - Crafts Representing Gesneriads

Class 71 – Watercolor of a unifoliate Streptocarpus – Janet Lee

Class 72 – Textile, Russian tatting, Florist Gloxinias – Rohm Gustafson

Class 73 – Pin, Columnea 'Early Bird' – Cynthia Hutcheson

Division IV - COMMERCIAL AND EDUCATIONAL - Class Awards

SECTION R - Educational

Class 76 – Exhibit "Fabulous Fruit" – Jeanne Katzenstein

Class 77 – Exhibit "Henckelia species from Malaysia" – Wallace Wells

Class 78 – Exhibit "Chirita speciosa" – Paul Susi