COS March 11 – Cheshire

Feb15

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.

COS February 11th Meeting – Farmington

Jan27

COS monthly meeting: Wednesday February 11, 2015 – doors open 6:30 pm

Farmington Senior Center 321 New Britain Avenue, Unionville, CT

This month in Farmington we will be having a round robin growing discussion session.  Dave, Monty, Bill & Carla will take lead talking about the growing media they have success with, different mounting techniques and their conditions.

Have questions bring a plant for discussion. This sure to be a great learning tool.

Deep Cut Annual Show, Feb 5-8, 2015

Jan27

February 5 – 8, 2015 at the Dearborn Market, Holmdel, NJ

9:00 til 6:00 Thursday, Friday and Saturday, 9:00 til 4:30 on Sunday.

Click on calendar date for further details.

COS January meeting – Cheshire

Dec11

Joanna Eckstrom: “Orchid Mermaids”

Joanna’s talk at the January meeting will be about culture and care of Vanda … “Orchid Mermaids” will feature a Powerpoint presentation and if you have a vanda in your collection, bring it along for a Q&A – be sure to protect the WHOLE plant from January in New England weather.

My husband Bob bought our first orchid plant in 1988.  Cymbidium Peter Pan ‘Greensleeves’ HCC/AOS flowers lasted nearly four months, convincing us that we could grow orchids.  Twenty-seven years later, Peter Pan is still in the collection – it is so vigorous that it breaks out of its pot every two-three years and never stops blooming, making it hard to find a good time to divide and repot.

We’ve tried many genera and now have 50 Vandae and a few other genera for variety.  Besides being an AOS member, we belong to six local societies whose meetings we try to attend as we are able.  When we do get to a meeting, Bob is credited as ‘grower’ of plants we exhibit; Joanna is the ‘Shower’.  Joanna became an AOS Accredited Judge (Northeast Region) in 2012.   She’s chaired at least one show a year for various societies for twenty+ years and was honored with the Orchid Digest Diamond Award of Excellence for doing something that she loves.

COS Annual Holiday Party 12/10/14

Dec8

COS Annual Holiday Party: Wednesday December 10, 2014 – doors open 6:00 pm

Farmington Senior Center 321 New Britain Avenue, Unionville, CT

This month we gather to celebrate a fun year of Orchids.  Bring your favorite holiday dish for a pot luck dinner.

Doors open at 6:00 for finger foods and mingling. Main dishes will be served at 6:30.

A fun evening with the buffet tables bulging with goodies to eat and lots of Orchid talk!  Bring a friend!

AOS Webinar 9/27 – ROOTS

Sep10
American Orchid Society Presents:  ROOTS: IT IS ALL ABOUT THE ROOTS!
Join us for a Webinar on September 27
Space is limited. Reserve your Webinar seat now at: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/796144778

 
Please join John Salventi as he presents a topic near and dear to every orchid grower: how to take care of those precious roots! Roots are the lifeblood of our orchids. He will discuss all the methodologies for taking care of our orchid root systems. One of the founders and owners of Parkside Orchid Nursery in Pennsylvania, John began as a hobbyist in 1986 and entered the commercial orchid world. John is now part of Salventi-Purviance Enterprises, LLC which provides orchid consultation, lectures and teaching, and sales of greenhouses.

 

Title: ROOTS: IT IS ALL ABOUT THE ROOTS!
Date: Saturday, September 27, 2014
Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM EDT

 

After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the Webinar.

 

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