The Plücker positive region OGr+(k,2k) of the orthogonal Grassmannian emerged as the positive geometry behind the ABJM scattering amplitudes. In this paper we initiate the study of the positive orthogonal Grassmannian OGr+(k,n) for general values of k, n. We determine the boundary structure of the quadric OGr+(1,n) in Pn-1+ and show that it is a positive geometry. We show that OGr+(k,2k+1) is isomorphic to OGr+(k+1, 2k+2) and connect its combinatorial structure to matchings on [2k+2]. Finally, we show that in the case n > 2k+1, the positroid cells of Gr+(k,n) do not induce a CW cell decomposition of OGr+(k,n)
