If I save an .ai as .pdf do I still have to flatten?

Hello, I am new to Illustrator (CS5, Mac OSX)
I made a logo which contains several gradients and transparencies and it is meant to be printed for several purposes.
My question is: If I don't perform a manual flattening of my artwork (Object > Flatten Transparency) and just choose to save it as as a .pdf with the high quality print preset, will the printed product look as I am seeing it on the pdf?
The color mode on the original .ai was set to CMYK from the beginning at 300 dpi resolution and all, and the final image on the pdf looks all right, just as I want it to be... but I am unsure if saving as a .pdf will automatically flatten all transparencies and effects on the artwork.
Unfortunately the logo is for a client who's on another state, so I cannot see for myself the printed product. I've already encountered several bumps along the way with this client and I want to make sure the file I am about to send will not be rejected.
Thanks in advance!
Val

My question is: If I don't perform a manual flattening of my artwork (Object > Flatten Transparency) and just choose to save it as as a .pdf with the high quality print preset, will the printed product look as I am seeing it on the pdf?
Very likely not and the whole question is attacking the problem from the wrong angle. Short and to the point: You need to know what the client/ print shop wants and then deal with these problems one at a time - color management, trapping, whether they can use layered PDFs with transparency or require flattened artwork and the associated handling of the PDF-X specs and so on. Just making a document CMYK in no way guarantees color consistency. For al lwe know, your monitor could be mis-tweaked and what you see would look completely different on another screen.
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