Arbeitskreise Heimische Orchideen - AHO
Information about orchid groups in Germany. Native orchid images, and distribution maps. Gottingen, Germany.
High quality images of wild orchids occurring in Greece, and their habitats. Greece.
Information about, and images of, the orchids found in Italy. Official page of the Italian Group for the Research on Wild Orchids, G.I.R.O.S., (Gruppo Italiano per la Ricerca sulle Orchidee Spontanee). A book, covering the orc ...
Conservation project aiming to help slow the decline of orchid species, especially in the Parco del Po vercellese-alessandrino (Piemonte) and Parco di Portofino (Liguria) areas. Italy.
Hundreds of students are involved in innovative approaches to orchid conservation through enterprise and global cooperation. The school has a micro-propagation laboratory and one of the UK's most extensive orchid collections in ...
Non-profit organization of European orchid societies and other European institutions that have an interest in orchids. Members work towards protecting endangered orchids and simplifying customs procedures in Europe.
Images of wild orchids native to France and other European countries. Thierry Arbault. France.
Association Régionale des Orchidophiles de Strasbourg
Group of orchid enthusiasts who are passionate about the wild orchids found in the region, as well as exotic varieties from elsewhere. Founded 2007. Strasbourg, France.
Showcasing, through images and descriptions, the beauty and diversity of European orchids. Ivar Edvinsen. Sweden.
Members of the Estonian Orchid Protection Club are devoted to protecting the 36 species of orchids found in the country. Image gallery of club excursions. Founded 1985. Estonia.
Protecting and promoting the private, cultivated, orchid collection known as Hortus Orchis. The site features a image gallery complete with taxonomy and habitat information. There is also a section describing native orchids fo ...
Orchids found on the Iberian Peninsula. Brief description of the anatomical characteristics of the Orchidaceae family. Madrid, Spain.
Grup Orquidològic de Catalunya - GOC
Activity, membership, and contact Information. Also sections about the orchids of Europe. Formerly known as Associació Orquidològica de Catalunya. Catalonia/Spain.
Images and other information concerning Denmark's native terrestrial orchids. Jimmy Lassen. Denmark.
Images and descriptions of tropical orchids grown by enthusiasts in Bulgaria. Wild orchids found in the country are also featured. Plamen Dimitrov. Bulgaria.
Images of wild orchids European orchids, mainly from the Central and Mediterranean regions. Peter Zschunke. Frankfurt, Germany.
Contact information for the Norwegian Orchid Society (Norsk Orkideforening). Indigenous orchids with images. Post cards. Founded 1988. Oslo, Norway.
Lietuvos Orchidėjininkų Draugija
Membership information for the Lithuanian Orchid Society. Events, news, orchid magazine, culture tips, image gallery, and a discussion forum. Conservation and scientific study of native Lithuanian orchids. Founded 2010. Vilni ...
Articles, club information, and discussion forum. Descriptions and images of local orchids. Minsk, Belarus.
Group concerned mainly with the native orchids of Switzerland. Contact and meetings information. Switzerland.
Club des Amateurs Wallons d'Orchidées
Information on European and tropical orchids. Culture notes, newsletters, club activities, and membership information. Founded 1999. Liège, Belgium.
European and North American native orchid information including images, descriptions, distribution maps, and field trip reports. Jean-Luc and Elisabeth. France.
Comprehensive site detailing the orchid species, and natural hybrids, occurring in France. Images, lists, maps, insect visitors, descriptions, and more. Philippe Durbin. Villeurbanne, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.
Images de Saisons - Orchidées du Languedoc
Images of wild orchids observed in the Languedoc-Roussillon region of France.
News, activities, and information about Dutch and other European orchids. Publishers of the magazine "Eurorchis". Netherlands.
Orchid discussion on diverse tropical and local wild orchid topics. Image sharing, a flea market, and a classified ads section are some of the forum features. Giulio Farinelli. Roccastrada, Grosseto, Italy.
Arbeitskreis Heimische Orchideen : Sachsen-Anhalt
Group committed to the conservation of indigenous orchids found in the region. The site features images and descriptions of local orchids, and a book is available. Founded 1961. Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
European orchid information including images. Pollination section. Travel reports. Natural hybrids. Contributions on discussion about critical Ophrys clans. Gunther Blaich. Weinheim, Germany.
Arbeitskreis Heimische Orchideen : Thüringen
Meetings, news, and contact information. Images and mapping of the indigenous orchids found around Thüringen. Uhlstädt-Kirchhasel, Germany.
Site dedicated to white colour variations of European wild orchids. Also features a blog. Peter Zschunke. Frankfurt, Germany.
Österreichische Orchideenschutz Netzwerk
The Austrian Orchid Conservation Network works at documenting and conserving Austrian native orchids. Founded 2006. Höflein an der Donau, Austria.
Images of many of the orchids that can be found around Europe. Pieter C. Brouwer. Netherlands.
Arbeitskreis Heimische Orchideen : Niedersachsen
Studying, mapping, and protecting the native orchids of Lower Saxony. Founded 1981. Niedersachsen, Germany.
Wild Nature of the Cantabrian Mountains
Blog featuring orchids native to the Cantabrian Mountains. Marius van Heiningen. Spain.
Membership, activities, and contact information. Information about orchids native to the area. Founded 2002. North, South, and East Tyrol, Austria.
Membership, activities, images, and information about local species. Founded 2010. Aquitaine, France.
Native orchids of southeastern France. Images and distribution maps. Orchid site links. Pierre Michel Blais. Entrecasteaux, France.
Articles, images, events, and other information about the wild orchids found in the Gargano Promontory mountains of northern Apulia. Angela Rossini and John Quitadamo. Italy.
Culture information on several genera of orchids. Wild orchids found in Sweden also featured. Sweden.
Group of orchid enthusiasts interested in tropical and local native orchids. List of local native orchids, with images. Identification key to orchid genera growing in the Czech and Slovak Republics. Annual excursions. Founde ...
Arbeitskreis Heimische Orchideen : Rheinland-Pfalz / Saarland
Protecting local orchids and their habitats. The site features many images and orchid descriptions. Founded 1981. Germany.
Images of orchids growing in various locations around Europe. Alain Bonny. France.
Photographing and describing wild orchids, and other flora, found around the hillsides of Béarn and the Pyrenees mountains. Andreas Guyot. France.
Photographic archives and theory regarding the native orchids found in Europe. Dr. Helmuth Zelesny and Bernd Wossner. Heiningen, Germany.
Société Française d'Orchidophilie - Rhône-Alpes
Membership, contact, and activities information. Images and descriptions of many orchids found locally. Founded 1977. France.
Orchids native to Denmark information including fertile/sterile data. Home of Native Orchids mailing list. Einer T. Ludvigsen. Denmark.
Arbeitskreis Heimische Orchideen : Hamburg
Working group dedicated to European native species, their biology, distribution, habitat requirements, and preserving the remaining populations. Founded 1998. Hamburg, Germany.
The Epiphytic Plant Research and Information Center aims to maintain natural habitats of epiphytic plants, educate the public, create a reserve collection of epiphytic plants, and to help with publications. Founded 1997. Huiss ...
Wild orchids around Saint-Antonin are featured. Liliane Pessotto and Bernard Lemoine. France.
Many images of the the native orchids found in the Isère area in the east of France.
Société Francaise des Orchidées - Languedoc
Membership information, contact details, newsletters, and forum. Also features a listing, with images, of orchid species found in the Languedoc area of France.
Arbeitskreis Heimische Orchideen : Baden-Württemberg
Meeting and contact information. European orchid images. Email postcards, forum, and shop. Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany.
Images of terrestrial orchids found in the Czech Republic, and other European countries. Jan Gaisler. Czech Republic.
Arbeitskreis Heimische Orchideen : Schleswig-Holstein
Group news, activities, membership, and contact information. Priority is placed on the preservation of local orchid populations. Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
Blog promoting the preservation of tropical orchid habitats and biodiversity. Olga Caussade. Charenton le Pont, France.
Facebook page dedicated to the wild orchids of the Apulia (Puglia) region in Italy.
Société Française d'Orchidophilie Auvergne
Promoting the protection of local indigenous orchids and the culture of exotic species. Auvergne, France.
Société Française d'Orchidophilie de Poitou-Charentes et Vendée
SFO affiliated group whose aims include the protection of native orchids in the region, and the culture of exotic orchids. The site features many images of indigenous orchids and their pollinators. France.
Arbeitskreis Heimische Orchideen : Nordrhein-Westfalen des BUND NW
Information about orchids occurring in the region. Activities, images, membership, and contact information. North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Images of orchid species found in northern Europe. Markku Könkkölä. Finland.
Images of orchids in Romania and other European countries. Orchid book reviews. Rik Neirynck. Bottelare, Belgium
Information about the native orchid species (at least 49) occurring in the department of Gironde, France.
Image gallery of European native orchids including Epipactis, Cephalanthera, Gymnadenia, Spiranthes, Ophrys, Orchis, and Anacamptis. Csábi Miklós. Hungary.
Orchid information including local species and images. Jerome Volant. France.
Images of orchids occurring in Europe with a section on the orchids of Normandy. Also images of tropical orchids in the author's own collection. Philippe Burnel. France.
Native orchids of Sweden... descriptions, images, and maps. Eric Elgebrant. Sweden.
Project concerned with the naturally occurring orchids of Extremadura. Orchid genera featured on the site includes Anacamptis, Dactylorhiza, Epipactis, Neotinea, Ophrys, Orchis, and Serapias. Spain.
Orchidee dell'Appennino salernitano
Images of orchids found in the Parco Nazionale del Cilento e del Vallo di Diano (Cervati, Alburni). Italy.
Orchidées de la Lorraine calcaire
Images of the native orchids found in the Lorraine region of France. Information includes flowering times, descriptions, and habitats. Anacamptis, Cephalanthera, Dactylorhiza, Epipactis, Gymnadenia, Listera, Ophrys, Orchis, and ...
Association Cyrno-Méditerranéenne d'Orchidologie
Association whose primarily purpose is the study of wild orchids found on Corsica. Founded 2000. Corsica, France.
Promoting ecotourism to Greece, the site features some of the more than 200 species of orchids found there.
Flowering times and images of wild orchids occurring in the Restinclieres area (north of Montpellier). France.
Information about the genus Ophrys, including over 3900 images from across Europe. James Mast de Maeght. Belgium.
Association Auboise d'Orchidophilie Exotique
Images, events, articles, and member information. The emphasis is on tropical orchids, but the site also features information about the local native orchids. France.
Images and information pertaining to the native orchids of Slovenia. Discussion forum. Branko Dolinar. Slovenia.
Orchidee spontanee del Centro Italia
Associated with the Gruppo Italiano Ricerca Orchidee Spontanee (GIROS), the site features information, including images, about orchids observed in the central part of the country. Italy.
Orchidee di Cava Grande del Cassibile
Wild orchids found in the Iblea area and in particular the reserve of Cava Grande del Cassibile. Italy.
Orchidee della Sicilia Occidentale
Information, including photographs, about the native orchids of western Sicily (especially the province of Trapani), Italy.
Distribution and habitat information, based on observations from 1975 to the present, for orchids occurring in the Hérault department of France.
Orchid information primarily on European terrestrial orchids. Labor Walter Bongers. Essen, Germany.
Images of European wild flowers, including many orchids. Gwen and Phil Phillips. United Kingdom.
Société Française d'Orchidophilie de Lorraine-Alsace
Activities and contact information for group working towards the sustainability of local orchid species. Alsace-Lorraine region of France.
Information, including images, about the native orchids of Europe. Jean-Marc Moingeon. Goux les Usiers, France.
Maps, images, descriptions of native orchids in Germany. INKA 2000 program available for download (Windows). Horst Kretzschmar. Bad Hersfeld, Germany.
Arbeitskreis Heimische Orchideen : Hessen
Information concerning the Hessen branch of the AHO. Germany.
Arbeitskreis Heimische Orchideen : Bayern
Information, including mapping, of local orchid populations. Munich, Germany.
Orchidee dei monti occidentali del Vallo di Diano
Images of wild orchids found in western M .ti del Vallo di Diano (pr.Salerno). Bruno and Tommaso Pisapia. Italy.
Frank Nature: European Orchids Photographed
Wild orchids photographed in the Netherlands, France, Germany, Belgium, Poland, and Greece. Frank Verhart. Bemelen, Netherlands.
Orchids found around Gers, France. Species inventory and habitat protection. Claire Lemouzy and Jerome Segonds.
