Between the beauty of the intricately developed orchid to the high maintenance it requires, there is a very serious Orchid Symbolism meaning behind this popular flower. Above all the Orchid Symbolism revolves around luxury, beauty and strength. This flower carries a variation of symbolism in different countries, but overall, the flower has kept these three meanings since the beginning.

Luxury certainly comes from the concept that an orchid was mostly planted and kept by the elite who had the time and money to care for these high maintenance plants. The orchid was expensive to purchase and the cost to keep it usually exceeded most household's financial capacity. The orchid was a luxurious gift to give a woman and was the flower used in the most important of weddings. Today, this flower is more affordable but still carries the stigma of luxury.

The beauty that it represents comes from the simple fact that the flower is the most intricate and desired flower in the world. The unique colors that it produces and the way that it is shaped has made it an exotic plant. The magnificence behind the flower is what makes it so beautiful. Because of it's historic past as the flower in demand by the rich and powerful, it was perceived as the epitome of beauty.

Strength is an interesting Orchid Symbolism, because the flower itself is not all that strong. It is a very dependent plant and most any deviation from the plant's required conditions, kills the plant. The strength symbolism comes from the belief that it could make a man produce a male child and a women produce a women child. If the man ate the large tubes of the orchid, the Greek culture believed this would cause the birth of a son. The same would happen if a women at the small tubes, she would produce a girl. This was a power they believed the orchid held.