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In 2024, the OCC celebrated its thirtieth anniversary. Originally, the OCC
was intended as an international club. At the end of 2007, it became a registered
club with currently about 40 members from twelve different countries from all
continents. The OCC deals with the topic "orchids" in philately and telephone cards.
Its task is to support a very personal and professional relationship among the
orchid philatelists and collectors of telephone cards, and to deal with the motif
"orchids" in any field of collection. The OCC neither has any economic, political,
ideological nor religious goals. Every second year there is the General Meeting of the members, usually in spring time, when orchids are blooming, or if there is an exhibition at the same time. So the members can take the opportunity to explore in excursions the habitats of orchids, in the area where the meeting takes place. In 1905, the first stamp with the motif of the Vanilla Orchid was issued by the French post office in Guadeloupe. Since then, several thousands of orchid stamps have been produced, and every year more than about a hundred new ones are following. In addition to this, far more than 2000 postmarks with the issue "orchid" have been published up to now in a catalogue of the OCC. |
Four times a year, the members of the OCC get the ORCHIDeenREPORT, the journal
of our club, in a German or English edition. Beginners, experienced collectors
and also specialists can find the latest and highly valuable information on orchid
philately and collection of telephone cards. Reports on varieties, printings on
margins of stamp pages, orchid researchers, orchids as a side motif or of
kuriosum or the register of orchids belong to the regular articles as well as all
new issues of stamps, complete stamp editions, postmarks and telephone cards, etc.
All illustrations are in colour. The current membership fee you can find at the page Report. For further inquiries, e.g on OCC membership, please contact one of the Committee members or send an e-mail to: orchideenphilatelie@web.de |
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| Dr. Döring and Dr. Baumbach at the meeting |
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| Various orchids still blooming that we found on our excursion in the Leutra Valley |
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| Participants having breakfast in the guesthouse | ...and on an afternoon excursion to the Saale river |
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| Various orchids still blooming that we found on our excursion in the Leutra Valley |
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| Participants in a cheerful welcoming group | ...and 3 beautiful days later with the farewell photo |
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| On our excursions we found an entire forest full of cypripedias, but also | many Listera ovata | and different Ophrys. |
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| The participants on the excursion | ...and rested at Kochberg Castle. |
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| Everyone was happy at the meeting... | ...even if they only see each other every two years - or even less often. |
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| We had a nice and interesting meeting in the St. Lambrecht monastery. | Participants in a cheerful welcome round. |
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| Departure for an excursion to the high alpine pastures. | Rest on the Hochalm far above the tree line. |
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| Numerous vanilla orchids (Nigritella rubra, Nigritella nigra) could be found there, which the cows also like to eat. Does the milk taste better for the orchid friend? | ||||
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| The variety of orchid species found on the mountain pastures, in the forests and also on wet meadows was overwhelming. | ||||||
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| The excursion to Rothenstein was a 'water fight' | It had rained a lot and it continued to rain... |
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| Everyone had soaked shoes and wet pant legs. | But we got to see very beautiful orchids. |
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| On the excursion to the Dead Valleys, a nature reserve near the Unstrut river valley. | |
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| The path led past meadows full of orchids. | The fencing of the paths invited you to take a break. |
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| On our hike we saw many beautiful native orchids. | ||
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| The excursion on the last day took us far up. | The participants' cars were now waiting on the road in the valley. |
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| During the excursion in the Liliental valley | On the way to Badberg mountain |
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| Owlfly (Libelloides coccajus) on top of the Badberg | Late Spider orchid (Ophrys holoserica) on the dam of the Rhine near the protected area of Taubergießen |
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| Sales of the postage stamps | Franking of post of the documents |
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| Judgement of the philatelic exhibition | Whereof does Andrei takes a photo? |
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