Here are the winners of the Hernando County Fair Horticulture Show in April:
Bromeliads, orchids and air plants: Vivian Humphries-Koser, blue ribbon, bromeliad; Martin W. LeHew, best of class and blue ribbon, epiphyte.
Cacti and succulents: Gene Goerz, blue ribbon, devil's back bone; Martin W. LeHew, blue ribbons, cacti, lady finger, monkey brain, old man cactus and family of cacti; Richard Poling, best of class and blue ribbon, jade plant and Vickie Knotts, red ribbon, aloe.
Bonsai: Martin W. LeHew, blue ribbon, bonsai; Gene Muehlbauer, blue ribbons, moss juniper, green moss juniper, japanese juniper and drake elm and best of class, blue moss juniper.
Dish gardens and terrariums: Richard Poling, blue ribbon and best of class, cacti.
Foliage plants: Vivian Humphries-Koser, blue ribbon, parsley aralia; white ribbon, oxalis regneli and best of class, parsley aralia and Gene Goerz, red ribbons, "fluffy" and Japanese birdsnest.
African violets, standard size: Jalania Seyfert, blue ribbon; June Williams, three blue ribbons and best of class.
African violets, miniature size: Jalania Seyfert, blue ribbon; June Williams, two blue ribbons and June Williams, best of class.
Hanging baskets: Clem Haines, blue ribbons, hindu rope hoya, variegated hoya, jewel orchid, walking iris; Jalania Seyfert, blue ribbons, variegated begonia, hoya, streptocarpus and Clem Haines, best of class, jewel orchid.
Containerized flowering annuals: Gene Goerz, blue ribbon, angel wing begonia; Martin W. LeHew, blue ribbon, variegated lantana; Jalania Seyfert, blue ribbon and best of class, begonia.
Best of Show: Clem Haines, jewel orchid.