Vor einem Jahr erhielt ich eine Pflanze, auf deren Etikett “Chiloschista viridiflava” stand und die bereits einen Blütenansatz hatte. Als ich Fotos von den kleinen gelben Blüten in der Facebookgruppe der D.O.G. postete, meldete sich eines unserer Mitglieder prompt und ließ leise Zweifel aufkommen, dass dies nun schon die zweite falsch gelabelte Chiloschista viridiflava ist, die ich mir zugelegt hatte
EOC Dresden 2024
From March 21 – 24, 2024, the German Orchid Society will host the European Orchid Conference 2024 (EOC 2024) as part of the DRESDNER OSTERN fair. All interested parties are kindly invited to attend. You can find more information on this page.

Orchid of the Week
Chiloschista lindstroemii
Who we are. What we do.
Ever since it was founded in 1906, the Deutsche Orchideen-Gesellschaft e. V. (DOG) to promote orchid science and make it accessible to all interested parties. The members show how different the interest in orchids can be: the D.O.G. has almost 2,500 members worldwide – from the simple flower lover to the botanist, breeder and gardener. They all use the offers of the DOG and are committed to the club’s goals. Everyone contributes their part: Be it as a collector of orchid motifs on stamps or coins, as a cultivator on the windowsill, in the showcase or in your own greenhouse, or as a filmmaker or author of books on orchids.


Member Magazine
“Die Orchidee”
The third issue of 2023 is out!
Did you know that orchids were already used as medicinal plants 5,000 years ago? The article “History of Orchids, Part 1” spans an arc from ancient China and Greece through the Middle Ages to the 18th century and tells of discoveries, desires, superstitions and wealth, of exotic, bizarre, mysterious blossoms in romantic, faraway places – in other words, of orchids.
Of course, issue 3 of our members’ magazine contains many other interesting articles on the subject of orchids …
Event report
Internationale Orchideenwelt der DRESDNER OSTERN 2023
Bereits die Vorzeichen standen allesamt unter einem guten Stern. Der Vorverkauf für die “Nacht der Orchideen“ musste erstmalig bei 1 500 verkauften Tickets gestoppt werden. In den Sozialen Medien herrschte schon Wochen vor Ausstellungsbeginn helle Freude und Aufregung…