Orchid Flower Meaning

Meaning Of Orchid Flowers

The orchid is one of the worlds most beautiful and special flowers which odd growing habits has turned it into a beloved hobby for many people. Because of this, obviously, the orchid has found its place in the language of flowers with a lot of different meanings, although all of which evolves around women. Men simply have to accept that they will not be receiving an orchid as a gift, it is a flower reserved for women.

Orchid flower meaning – Love

With its beauty and resistance to grow anywhere else but naturally there is no surprise that the orchid is a sign of love and affection. One need to go way out of their way to get a hold on a beautiful orchid and it would be plain stupid if it simply means that you want to be friends. A general rule when it comes to the language of flowers from the Victorian era, the harder a flower is to find, the more love and affection it means.

Orchid flower meaning – Refinement

The orchid can also mean “refinement” and the reason for that is extremely simple if you have ever read anything about the orchid. Not only do one need to have a quite refined sense for flowers in order to grow an orchid but the orchid is also extremely easy to crossbreed. During the peak of its experimental time there were orchid hybrids created every day and people are still doing it. They are trying to refine the orchid to becoming the single most beautiful flower in the world, or at least in the eye of the beholder.

Orchid flower meaning – Beautiful lady

It is here the thing about the women starts and this meaning, “beautiful lady”, has everything to do with the style and fashion of the Victorian era. There is no telling which came first, the popularity of the orchid or the fashion of dressing up as an orchid, but the similarities between the women’s dresses and the orchid are hard to miss. Today there are no similarities at all but the orchid nonetheless means “beautiful lady”.

Orchid flower meaning – Many children

The orchid is also the Chinese symbol for many children, also that a wink towards women. Why that is, is a though nut to break but because of the sheer amount of different species of orchid there are out there one might argue that the Chinese living at that time though of it as if the orchid had a lot of different kinds of children, hence the meaning “many children”.

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