Greg Allikas is known the world over for his brilliant photographs of orchids. His extensive knowledge of his subject and artistic background offer a unique interpretion that is both accurate, and stunningly beautiful. Greg has been a commercial photographer in the Palm Beaches and is well known for his library of theater photography. An orchid grower since 1970, Allikas is awards photographer for the AOS West Palm Beach Judging Center, Florida-Caribbean Judging Center in Miami, and many annual South Florida orchid shows including Miami International, Ft. Lauderdale, Delray Beach, Deerfield Beach, Venice Area OS and Boca Raton. His photos are regularly seen in numerous AOS publications including the annual calendar and the AQ+ and Orchids magazine. He has written articles for both Orchids magazine and Orchid Digest and has been published in Germany, South America and in the Russian magazine, World of Orchids. Greg also has many photos in the latest editions of the Sunset and Ortho books on orchids and supplied all of the photography for Growing Orchids is Fun (Hollingsworth), Orchids to Know and Grow (Sheehan & Black), and Orquideas en la Gran Ciudad (Verdura). The latter is the first book on orchid culture written and published in Spain. The book Orchids (Thunder Bay Press, 2000), co-authored with Ned Nash, features over 200 of his photos. In November 2005, Thunder Bay Press published a second Allikas-Nash book, The World’s Most Beautiful Orchids which features over 500 photographs and 450 pages of text. A third Allikas-Nash collaboration; Four Seasons of Orchids. has been published by Creative Homeowner. This 256-page book features more culture information than the previous two volumes and deals with culture from a seasonal approach.

In  2005 Allikas was honored to consult on, and supply photography for a United Nations Postal Administration endangered species stamp release featuring 12 endangered orchid species. He has also the recipient of the Silver Medal and the Ambassador Award from the American Orchid Societyfor his service. Greg is a popular speaker and in demand at orchid societies across the U.S.