Orchid wedding bouquet

There is nothing more elegant than a wedding bouquet made with fresh orchid flowers. If you plan on growing orchids for weddings then learn how to make wedding bouquets and sell them directly to brides to be. If you drop down to the bottom of this post you will see some great suggestions on how to make wedding bouquets.

Marketing them is easy. Here is how you go about doing that



You need to network with professional wedding planners. They are your way "in" to the wedding marketplace. They have the connections you need to sell orchids in the wedding industry.

Below are some great books that will help you make very elegant and desirable wedding bouquets.

The best orchids for wedding flowers

There is no doubt that orchids make the most exotic flowers for weddings. So what orchids are the best ones for weddings? The ruffled Cattleya orchid makes a great wedding flower either as a single flower in a wedding bouquet or paired with another one. Since they are a large flower, measuring almost 6" across for some of them and some of the extremely large ones measuring almost the size of a dinner plate. Another nice orchid for weddings is the phalaenopsis. Unlike the Cattleya, the phalaenopis is best added to the bouquet as a spray of flowers rather than as singular flowers.

Both of the photos above are good examples of the Cattleya orchids. Below is how the phalaenopsis can be used as a center piece at a wedding. You can see the possibilities of the flower sprays used in a bouquet.

As a grower what should you look out for? Here is a list of what you should be doing.

• white flowers are a must
• look for flower species or strains that have long lasting flowers
• timing is everything so look for plants that will be in full bloom during the popular wedding months
• for extra cash have a few plants that are in full bloom during the non-peak wedding months so you can be the only supplier with those flowers for a wedding.
• learn to force bloom your orchids so that the timing matches your customers needs