Monodisperse silica microspheres were assembled into a three-dimensional colloidal crystal template with long-range order by the solvent vaporization convection self-assembly method. Using GeH4 as the precursor gas, the plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition method was then used to fill the voids of the silica colloidal crystal template with high refractive index germanium, then silica colloidal crystals template was removed by acid etching. Thus germanium inverse opal photonic crystal was obtained. The modality, components, structure and optic capability of the resulting samples were characterized by scanning electron microscope and X-ray diffraction and Fourier transform microscopic IR spectroscopy. The results show that germanium is homogeneously distributed inside the voids of the silica template. The crystalline state of germanium is polycrystalline state. Germanium inverse opal exhibits a three-dimensional ordered porous structure. The spectrum of the samples has optic reflective peaks and shows the photonic band gap effects. The complete three-dimensional bandgap lies in mid-infrared (about 3.4 μm) and optical capability is inosculated with the calculation.