The national home of orchid culture in South Africa.

SAOC exists to promote the culture, hybridisation and appreciation of orchids across South Africa. We do this through a federated network of 21 societies, a nationally accredited judging system first standardised in 1990, and our annual publication Orchids South Africa.

Our remit is orchids in cultivation — on the show bench, in the greenhouse, and in the community. For indigenous species in the wild, our sibling organisation Wild Orchids of Southern Africa leads that work.