Hello from Greece!
 

Hello!

I am Konstantinos Giannopoulos and live in Athens,Greece. I am new to keeping orchids although i do have a Cymbidium planted in my Pyrgos Garden that is doing well and flowering annually. I like epiphytes in general very much,although i dont currently grow many, and wish i had the required rainfall to grow them high on trees! Palms and Cycads are my soft spot and enjoy growing many species of them more than anything else! I like everything tropical though and enjoy a garden with a good deal of biodiversity rather than a single type of vegetation. I have a garden in Pyrgos,Peloponissos,Greece and enjoy tending it and adding more and more plants! Its mainly a palm garden but i am slowly building its biodiversity and trying to make it a rainforest type garden as the rainy climate with not much below 0C tempratures permits somewhat.
I have also been keeping tropical fish(mainly catfish of the Loricariidae family)for years.

I look forward to learning many new things here about orchid growing the potted and mainly the natural way(on mounts or trees:biggrin:) as there surely are many awesome species!

Best regards,
-Konstantinos

Over 16,000 members here from around the World. Many have several hobbies. You should fit right in. Hope you ask lots of questions. Please enjoy!

Welcome to Orchid Board :welcome:

Thank you very much Carol and Rosie for the warm welcome! :)

I will make sure to ask a lot :biggrin:

welcome kostas. this is a great community, full of caring people

καλώς ορίσατε! (I only study Biblical Greek so I hope I spelled it right.. ) :D Good to have you with us.

Welcome to orchid board! Your garden sounds fantastic! I love growing tropicals, too. We get a little below freezing here, but we can grow a type of palm [windmill] and some other sub tropicals, such as kiwi vines. We are trying to give our yard a tropical look with plants such as Palms, hibiscus and hardy banana. It isn't quite warm enough for year round Cymbidium, though!

WELCOME!! To the OB, from Chicago, Il. Can't wait to see pics of your garden.... Jim.

Hello and welcome to the OB.
Joann

Welcome to OB!