LONE STAR CHAPTER SHOW II
American Hibiscus Society
Sunday, June 12, 2005
Bellaire Civic Center
Bellaire, Texas
447 blooms and 13 seedlings entered; 53% Gold Seals; 4 Amateur Exhibitors
Photos by Rick Landers and Loretta Thompson
SWEEPSTAKES
These exhibitors won the most Gold Seals in their classification
and chose these blooms to represent themselves
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Mejor |
Angel's Wings |
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Patricia Merritt |
Jazz Baby |
Best In Classification
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Heartbeat |
Miss Vermont |
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Simple Pleasures |
Orange Pineapple |
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Angel's Wings |
Ruth Watson |
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High Voltage |
Amber Suzanne |
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Moonfire |
Mini Ballerina |
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Bob Thompson |
Do-Dad |
BEST OF SHOW
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Howard Hine |
Holly's Pride |
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Chocolate Mousse |
Pop Green |
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Judges and clerks get right to the business of awarding ribbons |
Assistant Show Directors Ed Graham and Beverly Wander place Gold Seals for final judging |
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President Greg & 1VP Marti Graves visit with Australian visitor Chris Noble, left |
Sandra Theall and Rick Landers with Dick Johnson (center) who was visiting from Tahiti |
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The crowds were strong all day |
Visitors arrived early for the best choice of plants |
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Lunch break for members and visitors: from left Dick Johnson, Chris Noble, David Tate, Bob Thompson, Sandra Theall, Patricia Noble |
With wife Pat out of town, Roz Merritt is assisted by his brother Norman |
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First-time head table winners Tom & Susan Osgood. Tom's brother is Rick Osgood, the AHS Nomenclature Officer |
Another first-time winner in the Seedling category is Bob Thompson, with his namesake bloom hybridized by Barry Schlueter |

And another first: Janice McNatt with her Best of
Show Seedling Pop Green