"Viviane & Glafkos Keramidas: Venamy Orchids... 3.6 acres.... mainly comprised of greenhouses. More than 500 varieties of orchids, including rare orchids from... Madagascar and Papua New Guinea.
orchid plants... each... hand-fertilized, individually watered,... Glafkos.... Looking for a career change in 1984... decided to start his own business... He bought vacant Putnam land, which had been a farm... building greenhouses and a retail store on the property... Orchids..." says Glafkos. ... have become more of a commodity than a luxury. He... has a tough time finding the right employeesthose knowledgeable about the delicate and intense nature of tending to orchids. Ive been looking for a grower for over three weeks, he says... says Glafkos. When we started, we had 8,640 square feet, and weve since doubled in size." " URL : http://www.thejournalnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070628/CUSTOM03/70626015 ************* Regards, VB _______________________________________________ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [email protected] http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
