Working groups for domestic orchids

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The local orchids working groups (AHO) are a Germany-wide association of regionally active associations in Germany , whose members deal with the research and conservation of wild orchids in Germany . The predecessor organization was founded in 1961, the “Working Group for the Observation and Protection of Native Orchids at the Institute for State Research and Nature Conservation Halle / Saale of the German Academy of Agricultural Sciences in Berlin”. In 1965 the working group brought out the first issue of the communications . In 1975 the working group joined the Kulturbund of the GDR and was named "Arbeitskreis Heimische Orchideen of the Central Technical Committee on Botany in the Kulturbund der DDR". Nobert Wišniewski headed the working group from its founding until his death in 1976.

In 1969, friends of orchids in Baden-Württemberg founded an association for the protection of local orchids under the name “Arbeitskreis Heimische Orchideen” (AHO). In 1972 the “Local Orchids Working Group” was founded in Lower Franconia. In 1974 an AHO was founded in Bavaria. In the next few years an AHO was founded in other federal states.

The individual regional associations regularly organize exhibitions, excursions and mapping in order to get to know the habitats of the various recent and historical orchid species. Furthermore, maintenance measures are carried out on biotopes in order to preserve orchid habitats.

Occasionally, land is bought or leased in order to preserve biotopes . Since many orchid species occur in biotopes that have arisen through historical management methods, orchid biotopes are maintained by members, often in collaboration with other conservationists. For this purpose, fallow, overgrown areas are mowed or cleared.

In most cases, the local orchid working groups also work with local nature conservation associations .

The reports from the Working Groups Native Orchids in Germany appear twice a year . In addition to publications on orchids from Germany, Europe and other regions of the world, it also repeatedly publishes initial scientific descriptions . The AHO Baden-Württemberg publishes its own magazine, the “Journal European Orchids”, which appears four times a year.

Public relations work in the form of specialist lectures is carried out at nature conservation associations, local communities and schools. Photo exhibitions and excursions also take place as part of public relations.

Since 1989, the working groups have chosen the orchid of the year every year .

Regional associations

The working groups include 13 regional associations:

  • Working group local orchids Baden-Württemberg: This association is based in Stuttgart . The association's newsletter is the Journal of European Orchids, which is currently published four times a year.
  • Working group Heimische Orchideen Bayern eV (AHO Bayern): The association was brought into being on November 24, 1977 when it was entered in the register of associations at the Munich District Court under the number VR 9171. The first chairman is Adolf Riechelmann.
  • Working group native orchids Brandenburg
  • Working group Heimische Orchideen Hamburg: The association was founded in 1998 by members of the DOFH Die Orchideen-Freunde Hamburg eV association .
  • Working group local orchids Hessen (AHO Hessen): This association was founded in 1979 in Hanau .
  • Botanical special group native orchids, AG Geobotany Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
  • Working group Heimische Orchideen Niedersachsen eV: This association was founded in 1981 in Göttingen ; since it was renamed in 1988, it bears the current name Arbeitskreis Heimische Orchideen Niedersachsen . Since 1989 it has been registered as a registered association with its own statutes.
  • Working group for local orchids in North Rhine-Westphalia: The association was founded in 1983 as a working group of the Federation for the Environment and Nature Conservation Germany , Landesverband Nordrhein-Westfalen eV.
  • Working group local orchids Rhineland-Palatinate / Saarland eV: In March 1981 the working group local orchids Rhineland-Palatinate was founded in Koblenz , which has been recognized as a non-profit association since April 1981. When the orchid friends from Saarland joined the Working Group Home Orchids Rhineland-Palatinate, the Working Group Home Orchids Rhineland-Palatinate / Saarland eV was established in 1986
  • AHO Saxony working group in the Saxon Heritage Protection Association
  • Working group local orchids Saxony-Anhalt eV: The association has its roots in the "Working group for the observation and protection of local orchids" founded in 1961. In 1977 an independent working group "Domestic Orchids" was founded in what was then the Halle district. By the turn there was a work stoppage and 1991, the foundation was the Working Group Native orchids Sachsen-Anhalt This is also the Regional Committee on 'Native Orchids of NABU .
  • Working group for local orchids in Schleswig-Holstein
  • Working group local orchids Thuringia e. V .: The association was founded on February 3rd, 1991 in Erfurt , where it is also based and is entered in the local court's register of associations.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Umbrella organization of the working groups native orchids: History of the working groups native orchids Germany. Retrieved March 12, 2020 .
  2. ^ AHO Baden-Württemberg .
  3. ↑ AHO Bavaria .
  4. ↑ AHO Hamburg .
  5. ↑ AHO Hessen .
  6. ^ AG Geobotany
  7. ^ AHO Lower Saxony .
  8. ^ AHO North Rhine-Westphalia .
  9. ^ AHO Rhineland-Palatinate / Saarland .
  10. ^ AG AHO Saxony
  11. ^ AHO Saxony-Anhalt .
  12. ↑ AHO Thuringia .