Orchid Pot Et Fleur
Fancy a few pointers for an exquisite Orchid design with plenty of detailed ideas, well look no further….. here’s what we did
Start by placing the Orchid plant in the Summer planter to the left hand side. Take your brick of floral foam and cut it to fit it into the remaining space. Allow the foam to stand ‘proud’ of the planter by about 0.5cm.
Soak the foam and then using a plastic Pinholder and Oasis Fix, secure the foam to the base of the planter. For added stability use a couple of strips of Clear Pot Tape across the top of the foam onto the sides of the planter.
Now carefully remove the support sticks from the Orchid plant and using the Raspberry Bullion Wire, wind it around each of the sticks to decorate the whole length of the stick, then cut and secure the wire to itself, before replacing the sticks back in the Orchid pot.
Fig 1 - using the sisal
Use pieces of Sisal to disguise the foam and tape, allow the Sisal to overhang the planter to soften the straight edges. (Refer to fig 1.)
Trim the Antirrhinum stems so that they graduate down in height, and remove any unwanted leaves. Place the tallest stem in the centre and towards the back of the foam. Then place the second and third stems a little in front of each other, so that they ‘step down’ from left to right and from back to front.
Repeat this positioning technique with the Alstroemeria; place the first Alstroemeria stem in the gap between the Orchid and the first Antirrhinum stem (but bring it forward a couple of centimetres.)
Cut each Germini flower to its correct height before supporting and strengthening each stem by using the Green Stub Wire (wind one piece of wire gently around the length of each stem.) Using the photo as a guide, position the Germini behind and in front of the already positioned flowers.
Fig 2 - Inserting the pink pearl pins
Fig 3 - twirl your bullion wire
Take the spray Carnations and allow one stem as the highest position next to the Antirrhinum and then trim the rest down so they graduate in height when placed on the right of the Antirrhinums. Before using these stems, gently twirl the Bullion wire in a random and loose fashion up and down the stems and around the flowers. (Refer to Fig 3).
Lastly create your own Bullion Wire flower to place in the front right hand corner of the planter. To do this hold about a 9cm length of wire which will be the stem and then making large loops of
Fig 4 - Secure using wire
Bullion wire, which fold over back to the base of the stem, repeat this several times to create a large flower. Finish by winding the wire around the stem several times to secure. (Refer to Fig 4.)
Push the Bullion Flower into the Foam and decorate with a single Chrysanthemum head and two Skeleton leaves.
Voila! You’re Finished!
And just in case you didn’t manage to spot all the ‘ingredients’ used here’s a checklist…
Workbox Products used:
For ease of reference we have included the Workbox product codes if you fancy using them in your own creation.
1 x Summer Planter S/2 – White (Code 17748)
1 x Wet Foam Brick (Code 17075)
1 x Pinholder – Green (Code 13267)
1 x Roll Mini Fix Adhesive Tack (Code 10620)
1 x Carbon Blade Scissors (Code 10633)
1 x Roll Clear Pot Tape (Code 14978)
1 x Reel Raspberry Bullion Wire (Code 15840)
1 x Pack Lilac Sisal (Code 13693)
4 x 12”Green Stub Wires 22swg (Code10728)
1 x Box Strong Pink Pearl Pins – 03.5mm (Code 14139)
1 x Box Lilac Skeleton Leaves (Code 15790)
Flowers Used:
1 x Phalaenopsis Orchid plant
3 x Stems of Pink Antirrhinums
3 x Stems of Pink Alstroemeria
4 x Cerise Pink Germini
2 x Sprays Chrysanthemums Green Kermit
3 x White Spray Carnations
