Decorating with Orchids: Easy Orchid Display Ideas

Do you love decorating with orchids? These orchid display ideas are easy to create with supermarket orchids.

There are so many orchid arrangement ideas to try but these are some of my favorites with a few colorful orchid plants from your local grocery.

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I love decorating with fresh flowers in my home! It makes it so easy to change out my decor with the seasons, or add a splash of color to a room. 

No matter the season, fresh flowers just make your home feel special.

It can be expensive to always display fresh cut flowers in your home — unless, of course, you grow your own in your garden during the warm months of the year.

I’ve found that one of the best and most cost-effective ways to display fresh flowers indoors is with potted flowers, and orchids are my favorite flowers to use in my home. Since the plants are still living, you can get months of color. 

Potted orchids are usually available at your grocery store and come in a variety of colors, so it’s so easy to pick some up for a quick arrangement or centerpiece.

There are so many pretty orchid colors to choose from, and if you care for them well, you can get them to bloom time and time again! Just ask my daughter — she’s had great success getting orchids to rebloom, even with her very first orchid!

Today, I’m sharing three super easy ways to create an orchid centerpiece, using three different types of containers.

How to Display Orchids in Your Home:

I love easy decorating ideas around our home, and adding colorful, stately orchids to a pretty decorative planter is a lovely way to make a statement and elevate the look of a room. Here are some of my favorite ideas for decorating with orchids in our home.

1. Use a Trio of Small Potted Orchids in Small Decorative Cache Pots.

Simply use a trio of three matching containers like these metal cache pots, and display them together for maximum impact on your dining table, kitchen island, or coffee table.

I’m using mine on the half-wall between our kitchen and dining room. It’s a tricky area to know what to do with sometimes, and this trio of cache pots filled with potted orchids is just perfect for this space.

Use this idea anywhere you have a long linear space that needs a little pop of color.

For a pretty and colorful blue and white Chinoiserie spin on this cachepot trio, check out this painted cachepot DIY!

2. Decorating with Orchids in a Pedestal Bowl

You can really make a statement with potted orchids in a beautiful pedestal bowl! I’m using a pretty silver pedestal bowl, but you could certainly use another material. A wooden pedestal bowl would be stunning arranged with orchids.

You need 3 – 5 small orchids, depending on the size of your bowl. Use an odd number of orchids to be more visually appealing. Arrange the orchids in the bowl, and anchor them in place. Using wadded-up newspaper is a great way to fill in the empty space around the orchids and hold them in place in the bowl. Small moss-covered balls also work well for positioning the orchid plants in the decorative container. Then cover the base of the orchid plants with moss to finish off the look. Preserved green moss, sphagnum moss, or Spanish moss are all great options to use.

This orchid pedestal bowl arrangement would be gorgeous displayed in your foyer, on your coffee table, your kitchen island, your dining table, or any number of places in your home to make a lovely statement.

I’ve displayed mine in our foyer to greet guests when they arrive.

3. Make an Orchid Centerpiece in a Large Clam Shell Bowl

There are lots of creative ways to style orchids, but one of favorite orchid display ideas is arranging them in our pretty giant clam shell bowl. It’s a perfect was to create interesting larger arrangements for your home. Our clam shell bowl was purchased from Ballard Designs a few years ago. This particular one is no longer available, but the large version of this new one from Ballard is similar in size to ours. This large clam shell bowl from Pottery Barn also has a similar look to ours. 

As with the pedestal bowl arrangement described above, use newspapers and moss balls to anchor your orchid pots into place in the clam shell planter. Then fill the bowl with moss to cover the anchoring materials. I like to use moss balls to help anchor because they look great, and help to fill in the space. They look like the moss, so it doesn’t take as much moss to cover.

I used three small potted orchids in this clam shell bowl. I kept them in their ceramic pots. You could actually use five orchids in this bowl if you remove the plastic inserts from the ceramic pots. You just need to remember to completely drain your orchids each time you water them — which is a good idea to do anyway!

Supples for Creating Orchid Centerpieces:

• Small potted orchids — the smaller size orchids are easier to work with if your container is fairly shallow. However, if you have a large, deep and wide container, a trio of large orchids on your dining table would be spectacular!
• A container — make sure your container is deep enough to house the orchids.
• Newspaper and moss balls for anchoring your potted orchids.
• Preserved artificial moss to cover the pots and finish off your arrangement.

Tips for Buying Grocery Store Orchids

• Look for healthy orchids with new buds and healthy orchid roots.
• Purchase the petite or medium size orchids for arranging. Observe the pot size to make sure multiples will fit in your container.

Tips for Buying Containers for Potted Orchids

• Choose containers that make a statement in size, color, or texture.
• Make sure your container is deep enough and wide enough to house your orchids.
• Consider where you want to display your orchid arrangement to determine what size and material you’d like your container to be.

Caring for Potted Orchids Indoors

Orchids are very easy to grow, and with a little extra care the blooms will last for 2 – 3 months. Once they are spent, you can get them to re-bloom again after a few months.

Light

Orchids love bright, but filtered light. It would be fine to place your orchid in an east-facing window with morning light or in a room with south facing light, a few feet away from the window.

Water

Orchids don’t require much water, so be careful not to overwater them. Once a week, water your orchids at your sink where the excess water can easily drain completely from the pot before placing back in your centerpiece container. Water temperature should be close to room temperature. Caroline has had success with the ice cube method of watering her orchids, but I think the best way is to use room temperature water. 

Cutting back and Re-blooming

You don’t have to throw your plant out once your orchid blooms fade. With a little care, you can get your orchid to bloom again. This article does a great job of explaining how to prune your orchid to get it to bloom again.

I hope this inspires you to pick up some potted orchids the next time you’re at the grocery store so you can try one of these ideas for decorating with orchids in your home!

Do you have a favorite way to use in your home decor?

Happy Decorating!!

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