Greg Griffis, Longwood gardens/Eric Young Foundation 

Greg Griffis began his orchid career in 2010 as the Grower for Parkside Orchid Nursery, one of the leading retail orchid nurseries in the US, growing many different genera.  From there he moved to work for Hilo Orchid Farm, Hawaii in 2011, one of the highest quality and largest wholesale orchid producers in the US, working with Paphiopedilum, Intergeneric Oncidiinae, and Miltoniopsis.  In 2015 Greg began working as the orchid grower at Longwood Gardens, one of the leading US orchid collections, specializing in historic Cattleya, Disa, the Habenaria alliance, Intergeneric Oncidiinae, terrestrial orchids, and many other common genera.  There, he initiated hybridizing programs in the Habenaria alliance, Cattleya alliance, Intergeneric Oncidiinae, Paphiopedilum, Masdevallia, Disa, and more.  In 2025 Greg began his tenure as the Curator of the Eric Young Orchid Foundation, where he looks forward to advancing hybridizing and education in the orchid world.  He will be speaking with us via Zoom.