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 ALSOBIA – Alsobia '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 1 – Sinningia speciosa 'Carangola' exhibited by Ben Paternoster

Class 2 – Sinningia macropoda (dwarf) exhibited by Arleen Dewell

Class 3 – Sinningia species "Florianopolis" exhibited by Carol Hamelink

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

Class 4B – Sinningia 'Ozark Red Lightning' exhibited by Doris Brownlie

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

Class 6 – Sinningia 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 9A – Kohleria 'Pink Shadows' exhibited by John Boggan

Class 9B – Kohleria 'Peridots Mango Martini' exhibited by Kathy Spissman

Class 13A – Amalophyllon clarkii exhibited by Jo Anne Martinez

Class 13B – Pearcea hypocyrtiflora exhibited by Nancy Kast

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

Class 15A – Columnea 'Eewun' exhibited by Lynn Cook and Troy Ray

Class 15B – Columnea lehmannii exhibited by Olive Ma Robinson

Class 16 – Alsobia '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 20 – Aeschynanthus humilis exhibited by Lyndon Lyon Greenhouses

Class 21A – Chirita dielsii exhibited by Bill Price

Class 21B – Chirita sinensis 'Latifolia' exhibited by Richard Carr

Class 22A – Chirita 'Nimbus' exhibited by Bev Promersberger

Class 22B – Chirita 'Cynthia' exhibited by Carolyn Conlin-Lane

Class 23A – Petrocosmea begoniifolia exhibited by Nancy Carr

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

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

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

Class 27 – Saintpaulia 'Optimara Annabelle' exhibited by Sylvia Taub

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

Class 31A – Streptocarpus '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 32B – Chiritopsis repanda var. guilinensis exhibited by Tim Tuttle

SECTION E – Gesneriads Grown for Ornamental Qualities other than Flowers

Class 33A – Chirita sinensis 'Hisako' exhibited by Carol Hamelink

Class 33B – Chirita 'Stardust' exhibited by Carol Hamelink

Class 33C – Chirita 'Cynthia' exhibited by Julie Thompson

Class 33D – Chirita 'Destiny' exhibited by Doris Brownlie

Class 34A – Episcia lilacina 'Blue Nile' exhibited by Arleen Dewell

Class 34B – Episcia '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 36B – Petrocosmea rosettifolia exhibited by Tim Tuttle

Class 36C – Petrocosmea sericea HT-1 exhibited by Nancy Carr

Class 36D – Petrocosmea begoniifolia exhibited by Sylvia Taub

Class 36E – Petrocosmea flaccida exhibited by Nancy Carr

Class 36F – Petrocosmea 'Shortnin' Bread' exhibited by Julie Thompson

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

Class 38A – Sinningia leucotricha exhibited by Betsy Sherwin

Class 38B – Nautilocalyx glandulifer exhibited by Paul Kroll

Class 39 – Columnea 'Frosty Hills' exhibited by Nancy Kast

SECTION F – New Gesneriads

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

Class 42A – Kohleria 'Rattlesnake' exhibited by John Boggan

Class 42B – Sinningia 'Matt Hudson' exhibited by Tim Tuttle

Class 42C – Chirita 'Louisa' exhibited by Carolyn Conlin-Lane

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

Class 44 – Conandron ramondioides exhibited by Bill Price

Class 45 – Ornithoboea arachnoidea exhibited by Nancy Kast

SECTION H – Collections of Gesneriads

Class 46A – Petrocosmea Collection exhibited by Paul Kroll

Class 46B – Chirita Collection exhibited by Beverley Williams

Class 46C – Streptocarpus Collection exhibited by Lee Stradley

SECTION I – Trained or Sculptured Gesneriads

Class 48 – Columnea '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