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                           CAUTHORN HALE HORNBERGER
                           FULLER SHEEHAN & BECKER
                                 INCORPORATED                       Exhibit 5
                                                                    Exhibit 23.1

                               ATTORNEYS AT LAW
                        ONE RIVERWALK PLACE, SUITE 620
                         700 NORTH ST. MARY'S STREET            (210) 271-1700
                        SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 78205-3506         FAX (210) 271-1740

                                 August 13, 1996


Florafax International, Inc.
8075 20th Street
Vero Beach, Florida 32966

                Re:  Registration Statement on Form S-3
                     St. James Capital Partners, L.P./S V Capital Partners, L.P.

Gentlemen:

         We have acted and are acting as counsel for Florafax International,
Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), in connection with the
registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, pursuant to the
above-mentioned Registration Statement on Form S-3 (the "Registration
Statement"), of 2,791,945 shares of the Common Stock, par value $.01 per share,
of the Company issuable under the First Amendment to Agreement of Purchase and
Sale dated to be effective February 28, 1996 (the "Agreement").

         We have examined and are familiar with the originals or copies, the
authenticity of which has been established to our satisfaction, of all such
documents, corporate records and other instruments as we have deemed necessary
to express the opinions hereinafter set forth.

         Based upon the foregoing, it is our opinion that:

         1.      The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing
under the laws of the State of Delaware.

         2.      The shares of the Common Stock of the Company to be issued
pursuant to the Agreement will have been duly authorized and legally issued and
will constitute fully paid and non-assessable shares of the Common Stock of the
Company when issued in accordance with the Agreement.

         We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an Exhibit to the
Registration Statement and to the use of our name in the Registration
Statement.

                                    Yours very truly,



                                    Drew R. Fuller, Jr.

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