Tropical orchids

There are tropical orchids available in colours that can adapt to any style or theme, you may choose for a soft feminine look, palest pink or white Dendrobium orchids, teamed with roses,  lisianthus, stephanotis and gardenias for fragrance.

For a vibrant wedding bouquet, create a colourful story with a wedding bouquet of wild and exotic summer colours ,  hot pink, purple, orange, red and yellow Vanda orchids, lime green, purple or deep pink/purple dendrobium orchids. 

The modern bride may choose an asymmetric style with fabulous moth Phalaenopsis (moth) orchids  in white, palest mauve to purple and even in shades of pink. And how about a full voluptuous wedding bouquet of wonderful Cattleya orchids... in white, purple, mauve with gorgeous deep pink or burgundy centres?

*Cattleya orchids, are known as the ‘queen of orchids’ these  range in size from 5 to 12 cm across and are available in pink, purple, mauve, white and yellow.
Spider orchids, in spotted red or orange/bronze.

*Dendrobium orchids are also known as Singapore orchids, are all really wonderful wedding flowers, the colour range is white, green, lilac, palest pink, pale to medium mauve/pink,  purple and purple/pink.

*Oncidium or 'Dancing lady orchids' are also an excellent wedding flower choice, these  orchids come in yellow and bronze/yellow and are long stemmed varieties, wonderful for an armspray style wedding bouquet or also a trailing bouquet style.
Vanda orchids in  yellow, orange, blue and purple.

* Phalaenopsis ( Moth Orchids) white with either yellow or mauve throats, purple, pinks and  green yellows.

*Spider orchids ( Arachnis species), with longer stems that most other cut flower orchids, the flower range is red, yellow, and bronze/orange.

 Although most of these orchids are usually available all year round they are an excellent, safe choice for summer wedding  bouquets.
 
*Anthurium species. To create a dramatic modern style wedding bouquet the  Anthurium, also known as the flamingo flower, with a waxy looking heart or arrow shaped bloom with a large spadix are available in pink, red, green, Purple, scarlet and white with many variables in between.

For Fragrance in your summer wedding bouquet, frangipani, bouvardia, white Gardenia, spray carnations or pinks  and  of course the waxy  pure white Stephanotis cannot be surpassed.
 
*Bouvardia has clusters of tiny tubular white, pink or red flowers.

Oriental liliums in white, pale to hot pinks with or without spotted throat, do be careful though, unless well handled they may wilt on a hot day in a summer wedding bouquet.

Consider white November lilies, now also available in new hybrids with a deep pink/purple throat.

*Lisianthus,  are an excellent choice for summer wedding bouquets, though they are not fragrant , they do have the appearance of a soft open rose and this is one of the reasons why they  are very popular for summer weddings, alone or in a mixed bouquet. Colours range from   pure white, palest to rosy pink, lilac to blue purple, burgundy, cream and  lime green. There are also beautiful bicolours of white with a pink, or  lilac blue edge and  purple with a white edge, consider a beautiful posy style wedding bouquet of all one colour lisianthus, maybe all white for the bride and pink or purple for the bridesmaids, or to be different try it in reverse, you can do anything you like, don’t let old traditions stand in the way, this is your day so do it your way.

*Curcuma or ‘Thai tulips’, these are a relatively new introduction and come in pure white, pale to deep pink.( refer to the story on Siam tulips.)

*Hydrangea, from late summer, through to mid autumn  hydrangea plays a strong supporting role in many a wedding bouquet and bowl arrangement, in  shades of blues, purple, pink, white, green and then the wonderful autumn hues in the late flowering varieties. Once considered an old fashioned flower, hydrangea is now very popular with brides, consider carrying a large bunch of autumn hued hydrangea, remember this is the best time to pick and know it will last well, in the early season it is very prone to wilting on a warm day, if this happens, dunk the whole flower head in water and leave overnight to re hydrate, then hopefully it will last well.