Impression TPIE

The Tropical Plant International ( TPIE ) in Fort Lauderdale ( FL ) closed its doors after three days on Friday , January 19 . It again has been a vibrant edition . It is a heavy show , showcasing tons of foliage , floral and tropicals . Last week , we published several pictures of the show , and over the weekend , we received even more . Below is an picture of the show with all the pictures we obtain .

Here is a team photo of Suntory Flowers at their booth

They won awards for three of our five new mandevillas / dipladenias . On the first day , they won Favorite New Flowering Plant for Sun Parasol FiredUp Orange and Sun Parasol Original XP Bluephoria . The next daylight , they won the Garden Center Group ’s Cool Product Award forSun Parasol FiredUp Orange , Sun Parasol Original XP Bluephoria , Sun Parasol Original XP Mauvelous .

Suntory Flowers’booth from above and their booth computer graphic for Bluephoria

Here is another booth slant .

Suntory ’s friendly sword drum guy Jon Patti , greeting hoi polloi outside the show . He is always part of our show presence here .

Kentaro Suka from Suntory Flowers , T Jay Higgins ( Suntory and Sun - Fire ) and Scott Gilham ( Sun - Fire Nurseries )

Florabunda , Spencer ’s and The Plant Project , and on the right : Ship My Plants Team

Soumya with Costa and Bree Iman Clarke with The Plant Project

GMG and Flourish , and Flourish , Plant Project , and Crazy Plant Bae

Earlier , we also have pictures from Frank de Greef of Fleurizon . :

Also , from Suzy Suzy Caiger of Waldan Gardens , who are show at the show anddebuting a raw doubled - flower kalanchoe , we received some pictures :

Also , again , from Suzy Suzy Caiger of Waldan Gardens , we received some more pictures .