Orchid ~

Perhaps the most exotic, seductive-looking wedding-dayblooms, orchids come in shades from white to vibrant pink to chartreuse. While they are cultivated in thousands of species, only a few types are really used for weddings. Fragrant, star-shaped cymbidium orchids and wide, flat-petaled phalaenopsis orchids are the most expensive. Though both are quite hardy, they can perish. Consider a cascade of bouquet-and cattleya orchids, with their thin, curved petals, as a relative bargain. Tiny orcidium orchids, known as spray orchids, are most often used as accents.       (Available: year-round)       (from: In Style)