Hello, Hibiscus folks! Welcome to the virtual tour of the Hibiscus show I went to today. I'm adding the pictures to the plant database, too. It was held in Pinellas Park, FL by the Sunset Chapter of the American Hibiscus Society. I'll do this in several posts because I don't want to risk losing all the pictures I upload due to a glitch.
You'll see some repeats because different people entered the same cultivar, but they still vary a bit. And in the final post, I'll show the Best of Show flowers and tell you what category they won. Let's go!
'C'est Bon'
'Peppermint Star'
'Cajun Grey Lady' (First photo in the database!)
'Stolen Kiss'
'Untamed Heart' (Another first!)
'Anderson's Double Red' (I can't find this exact name in the database. I see 'Anderson's Double Yellow Red'. A little help?)
'Sweet Cheeks' (Another first!)
This one was labeled 'Fantasy Lady' but all I see in the database is 'Lady Fantasy'. Can someone confirm the name for me?
'Plum Starburst' (Another first! This is why I go to plant shows!)
'Heartbeat' (Another first. Feel free to tell me you love me.)
'Bright Eyes' (Another first!)
This one is labeled 'White Pride of Hankins'. I get that 'Pride of Hankins' is a popular cultivar, but I don't see a white version in the database. Help?
'Fiji Island' We'll see a few of these. And I loved all of them!!! People seem to spell Fiji several different ways, though.
The handwriting is pretty bad on this label, but I think it says 'Treasure Wind Orange'. Can't find anything like that in the database.
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'Elephant Ear' (It's labeled as 'Elephant Ears' and I see it listed like that when I Google, but they look like the same plant.)
'Exotic Lavender Lady' (The IHS website says this cultivar is not registered.)
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'Hawaiian Salmon' (There's also a 'Salmon Hawaiian' in the database, but I'm putting it how they listed it. There's no pictures of either to compare.)
'Moorea Lanihei'
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This one was labeled 'Albo' but it looks like Let me know what you think and I'll add it.
'Dainty White'
'Hawaiian Salmon' (again, but different person submitted it in the show)
'Turk's Cap' A lot of people grow these around Tampa.
'Aloha Orange' (Not in the database, but I've seen it for sale recently at Lowe's.)
'Tahitian Magenta Double Star' (Not in the DB but I saw it listed on the IHS cultivar list so I added it.)
'Bonaire Wind'
'Florida Sunset' (Another first! The real thing is better, though!)
'El Capitolio Yellow' (Also, not in DB. Not on IHS, either.)
'El Capitolio' (The original, I'm guessing?)
'Saffron Moon'
'Whey Face' (Another first!)
Okay, break time! Drool over these while I post the next batch!
