Decorating your Christmas table with flowering plants like orchids can add a festive and natural touch to your Christmas decorations. Here are some ideas to incorporate orchids into your table decorations to steal the show at Christmas dinner this year. Read on and get inspired for orchid style ideas for a blooming Christmas table.

A dining table full of colour

The dining table is a place where you gather with loved ones. A place that, especially during the holidays, deserves extra attention and decoration! And what better way to do that than with orchids in warm, cheerful colours? For example, create smaller groups by combining the plants with twigs and candle holders.

Read also: A Christmas tree of orchids

Want to really go all out? Then go for a centrepiece by putting several orchids together on the table.

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This Christmas we are doing things differently, we’re going all-out. The festive season is the ultimate pleasurable part of the winter. And even more so if your interior enhances the Christmas atmosphere. How do you do this? Be dazzled by orchids! Thanks to their versatility and luxurious appearance, Christmas has never been so atmospheric. To inspire you, we have listed 5 DIY Christmas decorations with orchids. Because making them yourself is even more fun than buying them!

A suitable orchid for every occasion

The dark, chilly days call for warm colours, luxurious prints, details and lush greenery to carry you away. Orchids adapt perfectly to this atmosphere and each different variety can add the finishing touches to any occasion or space. The lush Cymbidium and Cattleya create a fabulous feeling and fill every empty space perfectly. Phalaenopsis, Dendrobium and Paphiopedilum shine majestically on tables and complete the look. Vanda sways festively in every corner and cupboard and pouts with its colourful flowers and aerial roots. The delicate flowers of Cambria, Oncidium and other special varieties take care of the details and fit beautifully anywhere, even by the Christmas tree!

DIY: 5 Christmas decorations with orchids

To make the holidays even more fun, we came up with 5 festive Christmas decorations with orchids, that you can easily make yourself before or during the holidays (or any other occasion). They’re ideal to make the table, the gifts or your living/dining room even more beautiful.

DIY gift wrapping with orchid

Are you going to give Christmas presents? To make giving extra special, we came up with a cute DIY with pretty paper and the most beautiful flowers. For this DIY project, we used the Vanda, Cambria, Cymbidium Cascade and Oncidium. Read in this article how to make such a beautiful gift box yourself or watch the video for instructions:

DIY plant arrangement with orchid

We also made a modern version of the Christmas decoration, with the most beautiful green plants combined with a Phalaenopsis as a radiant centerpiece. Read the instructions for this plant arrangement in this article, or watch the video:

DIY orchid in a bell jar

This orchid in a bell jar will create sparkles in every room! A beautiful bell jar filled with twigs, greenery and the impressive Paphiopedilum. And you can easily make it yourself. We’ll explain how you can do this in no time at all in this article. Too tricky? Watch the video:

DIY Christmas place cards with orchids

Looking for a fun way to make Christmas place cards? We created a DIY idea especially for a festive holiday table: mugs filled with mini orchids and a golden name tag to make everyone’s place setting extra special. Fancy having a crafty afternoon? Then follow the steps in this article or watch the video for instructions:

Thanks to: Home Stock Rotterdam, HAY Rotterdam

DIY scented sticks with Cambria and tuberose

Are you ready for compliments on the way your home smells? With these DIY scented sticks with Cambria and tuberose, you can bring the smell of winter into your home in 4 simple steps. This way you don’t only enjoy the lovely smells of this season outside, but also inside. Read the instructions in this article!

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Giving is more fun than receiving. Isn’t that right? To make giving extra special, we have come up with a cool DIY idea for gift wrapping with orchids, using beautiful paper and the prettiest orchid flowers. For this DIY project, we used Vanda, Cambria, Cymbidium Cascade and Oncidium. Have a look to find out how you make such beautiful gifts yourself or check the video below for instructions.

DIY: Gift wrapping with orchids

Items needed:

• Different orchids
• Pruning shears
• Water tubes for flower stems
• Wrapping paper
• Ribbon, twine and/or gold wire
• Adhesive tape or glue
• Scissors

Step 1: Wrap the gifts in nice wrapping paper and cut a couple of flower stems from the orchid of your choice.
Step 2: Wrap the gifts and wrap a festive ribbon around the gift, secure with a dab of glue.
Step 3: Lay the orchid on the gift and fold the ribbon over it. Secure it on the back with glue.
Step 4: Insert the orchid’s stem into a flower test tube with water to make it last longer.
Step 5: Wrap gold wire around the gift and insert the stem.
Step 6: Repeat this with as many gifts as you like! Use different orchid species for variety.

Read also: How to make orchids rebloom again?

This orchid in a bell jar will create sparkles in every room! And you can easily make it yourself. We’ll explain how you can do this in no time at all. Too tricky? Watch the video.

Items needed:

• Orchid: Paphiopedilum
• Moss
• Twigs
• Bell jar
• Bell jar base or stand
• Pruning shears
• Bowl of water to immerse your orchid
• Waste bin for wood chips

Step 1: Distribute the moss across the base of the bell jar.
Step 2: Remove the plastic pot from the orchid and remove the loose soil.
Step 3: Immerse the orchid’s roots in a bowl of water.
Step 4: Place the orchid firmly on the moss.
Step 5: Add the branch to the orchid and attach with a piece of wire.
Step 6: Place the bell jar over the orchid. Use a water spray to water the orchid from time to time.
Step 7: Insert a twig between the bell jar and the base so that the glass does not fog up.

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Looking for a fun way to make Christmas place cards? We have created a DIY idea, especially for a festive holiday table: mugs filled with mini orchids and a golden name tag to make everyone’s place setting extra special. Fancy having a crafty afternoon? Then follow the steps below or watch the video below, to make Christmas place cards with orchids!

DIY: Christmas place cards with Orchids

These place cards with orchids are perfect for a festive holiday table! They look stunning but are easy to make.

Necessities

• Mini Phalaenopsis orchid
• Mugs
• Orchid potting soil
• Bowl of water to immerse your orchid
• Beautiful thick paper
• Printer and nice font (or handwritten)
• Scissors
• Satay stick
• Glue / Pritt stick
• Tassel
• Gold foil
• Gold foil glue

Step 1: Fill the jars or mugs with orchid potting soil.
Step 2: Remove the plastic pot from the orchid and immerse it in a bowl of water.
Step 3: Place the orchid in the jar and press it down with orchid potting soil.
Step 4: Distribute a few strands of Tillandsia or moss across the pot to fill it up.
Step 5: Write or print the guests’ names on a rectangular piece of paper. Make sure you can fold the paper around a skewer and secure it like a flag.
Step 6: Cut a triangle off the corner of the flag that you’ve made.
Step 7: Spread a little glue on the end of the flag with a brush and apply the gold leaf.
Step 8: Brush over the gold foil so that only the tip of the flag remains gold and the rest of the gold foil comes off.
Step 9: Insert your name flag in the pot with the orchid.

Looking for more Christmas DIY inspiration? Have a look at 5 Christmas decorations with orchids

Perfumer and co-founder of Nose Store Nicolas Cloutier is fascinated by the orchid: “The orchid is a very mysterious flower that fascinates me. The flower has a sexual connotation due to what it looks like and in literature. This makes me think of Proust, who used the expression ‘make Cattleya’ whenever he talked about love. These flowers, some of which smell a bit of vanilla and greenery, grow in trees, as if from an enchanted forest, like in our imagination.

Nicolas Cloutier is fascinated by the orchid

The orchid in its natural habitat

The orchid has a prominent spot at Nose, including in the jasmine we have outside as if it were in its natural habitat. At home, I have jasmine in the bathroom, where they get enough light, not too direct, and it is nice and humid. The Cattleya is my favourite, because of what Proust said about it… and that inspires me tremendously!”, said Nicolas Cloutier.

Nose Store

Nicolas Cloutier, co-founder of Nose Store. Nose is a beauty concept store and webshop, which focuses solely on designer brands and one main idea: diagnosing the right perfume for the customer.

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‘Virtual Plant Bathing’ amidst the orchids! The ultimate sense of joy and peace is now just a click away for orchid fans. Orchidsinfo.eu presents the ultimate virtual experience amidst the orchids: an interactive 360 degree video of the ‘Orchid Room’ amongst opulent greenery with 8D audio effects which can be accessed by anyone with a computer, smartphone or VR goggles.

Thanks to the 8D audio effects users will literally feel that they are in the jungle – the place from which orchids originate. With 8D audio it feels like the sounds are happening in the space itself rather than entering the ears through headphones.

Experience the virtual ‘Orchid Room’ for yourself on 3 September, and celebrate the International Day of the Orchid with us! View the teaser here: https://youtu.be/ZToIJkRhjHw