Orchid Wedding Bouquet

Unique Bridal Bouquet Ideas for your Wedding Flowers

An orchid wedding bouquet is beautiful with the exotic shape of the flower. The arrangements can be made in the pale shades or the vibrant colors it offers. It brings a hint of magic to any occasion. As a cut flower it is long lasting, either for wedding table centerpiece arrangement or in a bridal bouquet.

Orchids make up one of the largest families in the plant kingdom with over 20 000 species. In the nineteenth century, they were very much sought after for their exquisite beauty. Orchids have always been considered a luxury.

Orchids are a beautiful and fragrant flower with a wide variety of colors to choose from allowing you to create many different bridal bouquet designs as you can see from the images below.

The commercially grown varieties of orchids can take up to six years before they start to flower and then only produce about four stems of flowers a year.

Some people shy away from using orchids because they think that orchid is a fragile flower, but this is not the case, there are many varieties which will work extremely well in a bridal bouquet.

These varieties include the Phallaenopisi, the Denbrodium, the Cymbidium and the Cattleya. The orchid fits in well for a tropical or beach theme wedding.

Orchids can be expensive so if you are on a tight budget and still would like to have orchids for you bridal bouquet, consider mixing them with other flowers such as roses, daisies and filler flowers or greenery to your arrangement which will create a large and fuller looking bridal bouquet or keep the arrangement small and simple for an all orchid bouquet.

Another way to keep down the cost is to create your own orchid bridal bouquet you can buy many different colored orchids in bulk and there are many good books and DVD's which will guide you through the steps.