March 2015 COS monthly meeting:
Wednesday March 11, 2015 – doors open 7:00 pm
Cheshire Senior Center
240 Maple Ave, Cheshire, CT 06410

Azhar Q. Mustafa, M.D.
A&P Orchids

To Infini-Mix and Beyond: Growing in Infini-Mix 

Azhar Q. Mustafa, M.D. is the co-owner of A&P Orchids, founded with his wife Penny in 1984. A passionate plantsman, Dr. Mustafa has been growing plants for over 65 years. For three decades, he has been hybridizing Paphiopedilums, Phalaenopses, Cattleyas, Miltoniopses, Cymbidiums and many more genera. Earning his Medical Doctorate from the University of Freiburg in Germany, he’s a Board certified otolaryngologist for over 38 years. Fluent in German, he has deep appreciation for German culture and values. Dr. Mustafa’s hybrids have received hundreds of AOS awards, including several Awards of Quality to his credit. Presently, he has 30,000 square feet of greenhouse space dedicated to orchid growing.

A few years ago, Dr. Mustafa started converting his nursery from bark-based media to his trademarked Infini-Mix. His hydroponic growing media consists of perlite, rockwool and polystyrene beads. He is successfully growing hundreds of orchid species, from Angraecoids to Zygopetalums and everything else in between in Infini-Mix. He is here to talk about orchid culture in an inert, hydroponic growing media.