Welcome to the North Eastern New York Orchid Society (NENYOS)!
We are excited to welcome Greg Griffis back to NENYOS on Saturday, April 6th! Greg is the curator orchids for Longwood Gardens.
Greg first became aware of orchids in 2009. He attended the 2010 Longwood Orchid Show where he purchased his first orchid. One plant quickly became twenty or so, and before long he was hooked.
In 2010 he visited Parkside Orchid Nursery for the first time, and by Summer 2011 he was working part time for Tom Purviance and John Salventi. He studied under their tutelage while working for them, and when they sold the nursery in 2012, he was hired by the new owners as the Grower and Manager of Parkside Orchid Nursery. He managed Parkside for one year, before leaving to grow orchids in Hawaii.
In Hawaii he worked for Hilo Orchid Farm for more than a year. At the beginning of 2015 Greg began working as the orchid grower at Longwood Gardens. Since his arrival there, the orchid collection has grown and changed significantly.
Greg continues to work on improving and expanding the collection, as well as networking with great growers and hybridizers across the country. He also has authored a number of written works, and has participated in a number of video interviews as well.
Greg is bringing plants to sell, so this will not be a member sales event.
Check us out on Instagram: For those with an Instagram account, it can be found @nenyos, and for those without an account: www.instagram.com/nenyos. Without an account you can still view the photos, but you can’t ‘like’ or comment on them.
Meetings are held the first Saturday of each month except January, July and August. In September, we avoid Labor Day weekend. We meet at the Community Reformed Church at 701 Sandcreek Rd, Colonie starting at 12:30 p.m. Please see the Meetings section of the website for more details.
We are excited to welcome Greg Griffis back to NENYOS on Saturday, April 6th! Greg is the curator orchids for Longwood Gardens.
Greg first became aware of orchids in 2009. He attended the 2010 Longwood Orchid Show where he purchased his first orchid. One plant quickly became twenty or so, and before long he was hooked.
In 2010 he visited Parkside Orchid Nursery for the first time, and by Summer 2011 he was working part time for Tom Purviance and John Salventi. He studied under their tutelage while working for them, and when they sold the nursery in 2012, he was hired by the new owners as the Grower and Manager of Parkside Orchid Nursery. He managed Parkside for one year, before leaving to grow orchids in Hawaii.
In Hawaii he worked for Hilo Orchid Farm for more than a year. At the beginning of 2015 Greg began working as the orchid grower at Longwood Gardens. Since his arrival there, the orchid collection has grown and changed significantly.
Greg continues to work on improving and expanding the collection, as well as networking with great growers and hybridizers across the country. He also has authored a number of written works, and has participated in a number of video interviews as well.
Greg is bringing plants to sell, so this will not be a member sales event.
Check us out on Instagram: For those with an Instagram account, it can be found @nenyos, and for those without an account: www.instagram.com/nenyos. Without an account you can still view the photos, but you can’t ‘like’ or comment on them.
Meetings are held the first Saturday of each month except January, July and August. In September, we avoid Labor Day weekend. We meet at the Community Reformed Church at 701 Sandcreek Rd, Colonie starting at 12:30 p.m. Please see the Meetings section of the website for more details.