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Blue Orchid

Blue Orchid

A blue orchid is a flower that generates exclusively in swamp biomes. It is used to craft light blue dye and suspicious stew.

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Contents (27)
  1. Obtaining
  2. Breaking
  3. Natural generation
  4. Post-generation
  5. Mob loot
  6. Trading
  7. Usage
  8. Crafting ingredient
  9. Suspicious stew
  10. Bees
  11. Breeding
  12. Bee nests
  13. Composting
  14. Sounds
  15. Data values
  16. ID
  17. Block states
  18. History
  19. Java Edition
  20. Bedrock Edition
  21. Legacy Console Edition
  22. New Nintendo 3DS Edition
  23. Data history
  24. Issues
  25. Trivia
  26. References
  27. Navigation
Blue Orchid
Blue Orchid.png: Infobox image for Minecraft block 'Blue Orchid'
Invicon Blue Orchid.png: Inventory sprite for Blue Orchid in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Blue Orchid
Renewable Yes
Stackable Yes (64)
Tool Any tool
Blast resistance 0
Hardness 0
Luminous No
Transparent Yes
Flammable JE: Yes (60)
BE: Yes (30)
Catches fire
from lava 		No
Map color
 7 PLANT
Note block instrument Default (Harp)

A blue orchid is a flower that generates exclusively in swamp biomes. It is used to craft light blue dye and suspicious stew.

Obtaining

Breaking

A blue orchid can be broken instantly with any item or by hand, dropping itself.

A blue orchid also breaks if water or lava runs over its location, if a piston extends or pushes a block into its location, or if a block under the plant is moved or destroyed.

Block Blue Orchid
Hardness 0
Breaking time (secs)
Default 0.05 (JE)
0.05 (BE)
Legend
  • incorrect tool, drops nothing
  • correct tool, drops nothing or something other than the block itself
  • correct tool, drops the block itself
  • italicized can be instant mined

Natural generation

Blue orchids generate naturally on dirt and grass blocks in swamps as part of vegetation features.

Potted blue orchids can also be found in woodland mansions.

Blue orchids also generate in abandoned camps generating in swamps.

Post-generation

Main article: Flower § Post-generation

When bone meal is applied to a grass block in a swamp biome, blue orchids have a chance of generating on the targeted block and adjacent grass blocks in a 15×5×15 area in Java Edition, or a 7×5×7 area in Bedrock Edition.

In Bedrock Edition, when bone meal is applied to a blue orchid in any biome, more blue orchids appear on top of nearby grass blocks. The flowers can appear up to 3 blocks away from the original, forming a 7×7 square.

Mob loot

In Java Edition, endermen can pick up blue orchids, like any other one-block-tall flower, and drop it if killed while holding it.

In Bedrock Edition, wandering traders have a chance of 25% (increased by 1% per level of Looting) to drop 1 blue orchid when killed while showing the item as trade offer, if the player holds an emerald.

Trading

Wandering traders may sell a blue orchid for 1 emerald.

VillagerProbabilityVillager wantsPlayer receivesTrades in
stock		Villager
experience		Price
multiplier
JEBE
Wandering TraderOrdinary6%6%EmeraldBlue Orchid8——

Usage

Main article: Flower § Usage

Like other flowers, blue orchids can be used as decoration and planted on grass blocks, dirt, coarse dirt, rooted dirt, farmland, podzol, mycelium, moss blocks, mud, or muddy mangrove roots.

Blue orchids can also be placed in flower pots.

Crafting ingredient

Name Ingredients Crafting recipe Notes
Light Blue Dye Blue Orchid
Invicon Blue Orchid.png: Inventory sprite for Blue Orchid in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Blue Orchid
Invicon Light Blue Dye.png: Inventory sprite for Light Blue Dye in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Light Blue Dye with description: Light Blue Dye
Suspicious Stew Red Mushroom or 
Brown Mushroom or 
Shelf Mushroom +
Bowl +
Blue Orchid
Invicon Red Mushroom.png: Inventory sprite for Red Mushroom in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Red Mushroom with description: Red MushroomInvicon Brown Mushroom.png: Inventory sprite for Brown Mushroom in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Brown Mushroom with description: Brown MushroomInvicon Shelf Mushroom.png: Inventory sprite for Shelf Mushroom in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Shelf Mushroom with description: Shelf MushroomInvicon Brown Mushroom.png: Inventory sprite for Brown Mushroom in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Brown Mushroom with description: Brown MushroomInvicon Shelf Mushroom.png: Inventory sprite for Shelf Mushroom in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Shelf Mushroom with description: Shelf MushroomInvicon Red Mushroom.png: Inventory sprite for Red Mushroom in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Red Mushroom with description: Red MushroomInvicon Brown Mushroom.png: Inventory sprite for Brown Mushroom in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Brown Mushroom with description: Brown MushroomInvicon Shelf Mushroom.png: Inventory sprite for Shelf Mushroom in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Shelf Mushroom with description: Shelf MushroomInvicon Red Mushroom.png: Inventory sprite for Red Mushroom in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Red Mushroom with description: Red MushroomInvicon Brown Mushroom.png: Inventory sprite for Brown Mushroom in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Brown Mushroom with description: Brown MushroomInvicon Shelf Mushroom.png: Inventory sprite for Shelf Mushroom in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Shelf Mushroom with description: Shelf MushroomInvicon Red Mushroom.png: Inventory sprite for Red Mushroom in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Red Mushroom with description: Red MushroomInvicon Bowl.png: Inventory sprite for Bowl in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Bowl with description: BowlInvicon Blue Orchid.png: Inventory sprite for Blue Orchid in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Blue Orchid
Invicon Suspicious Stew.png: Inventory sprite for Suspicious Stew in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Suspicious Stew with description: Suspicious Stew
 Any combination of brown, red, or shelf mushrooms can be used.

Suspicious stew

Main article: Suspicious Stew

Suspicious stew that is created using a blue orchid imparts the Saturation effect for 0.35 seconds in Java Edition or 0.3 seconds in Bedrock Edition. The Saturation effect restores an additional 7 (🍖🍗🍗🍗) hunger and 14 saturation in Java Edition, or 6 (🍗🍗🍗) hunger and 12 saturation in Bedrock Edition. The suspicious stew can be crafted using a blue orchid or produced by feeding a blue orchid to a brown mooshroom and then milking it with a bowl.

Ingredients Crafting recipe
Red Mushroom or 
Brown Mushroom or 
Shelf Mushroom +
Bowl +
Blue Orchid
Invicon Red Mushroom.png: Inventory sprite for Red Mushroom in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Red Mushroom with description: Red MushroomInvicon Brown Mushroom.png: Inventory sprite for Brown Mushroom in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Brown Mushroom with description: Brown MushroomInvicon Shelf Mushroom.png: Inventory sprite for Shelf Mushroom in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Shelf Mushroom with description: Shelf MushroomInvicon Brown Mushroom.png: Inventory sprite for Brown Mushroom in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Brown Mushroom with description: Brown MushroomInvicon Shelf Mushroom.png: Inventory sprite for Shelf Mushroom in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Shelf Mushroom with description: Shelf MushroomInvicon Red Mushroom.png: Inventory sprite for Red Mushroom in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Red Mushroom with description: Red MushroomInvicon Brown Mushroom.png: Inventory sprite for Brown Mushroom in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Brown Mushroom with description: Brown MushroomInvicon Shelf Mushroom.png: Inventory sprite for Shelf Mushroom in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Shelf Mushroom with description: Shelf MushroomInvicon Red Mushroom.png: Inventory sprite for Red Mushroom in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Red Mushroom with description: Red MushroomInvicon Brown Mushroom.png: Inventory sprite for Brown Mushroom in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Brown Mushroom with description: Brown MushroomInvicon Shelf Mushroom.png: Inventory sprite for Shelf Mushroom in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Shelf Mushroom with description: Shelf MushroomInvicon Red Mushroom.png: Inventory sprite for Red Mushroom in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Red Mushroom with description: Red MushroomInvicon Bowl.png: Inventory sprite for Bowl in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Bowl with description: BowlInvicon Blue Orchid.png: Inventory sprite for Blue Orchid in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Blue Orchid
Invicon Suspicious Stew.png: Inventory sprite for Suspicious Stew in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Suspicious Stew with description: Suspicious Stew

Bees

Bees engage in a pollinating behavior with blue orchids, increasing the honey level in beehives and bee nests by 1.

Breeding

Blue orchids can be used to breed, grow, and lead bees.

Bee nests

Oak, birch, and cherry trees grown from saplings that are within 2 blocks of a blue orchid have a 5% chance to grow with a bee nest and 2-3 bees in it.

Composting

Placing a blue orchid into a composter has a 65% chance of raising the compost level by 1. A stack of blue orchids yields an average of 5.94 bone meal.

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Sounds

Java Edition:

BlockSprite short-grass.png: Sprite image for short-grass in Minecraft grass sound type
SoundClosed captionsSourceDescriptionIdentifierTranslation keyVolumePitchAttenuation
distance
​Block brokenBlocksOnce the block has brokenblock.grass.breaksubtitles.block.generic.break​1.00.816
​Block placed​[until: JE 26.4]BlocksWhen the block is placedblock.grass.placesubtitles.block.generic.place​1.00.816
​Block breakingBlocksWhile the block is in the process of being brokenblock.grass.hitsubtitles.block.generic.hit​0.250.516
​Something falls on a blockEntity-DependentFalling on the block with fall damageblock.grass.fallsubtitles.block.generic.fall​0.50.7516
​FootstepsEntity-DependentWalking on the blockblock.grass.stepsubtitles.block.generic.footsteps​0.151.016

Bedrock Edition:

BlockSprite short-grass.png: Sprite image for short-grass in Minecraft grass sound type
SoundClosed captionsSourceDescriptionIdentifierTranslation keyVolumePitch
​Block brokenBlocksOnce the block has brokendig.grasssubtitles.block.generic.break​0.70.8–1.0
​Block placedBlocksWhen the block is placedplace.grasssubtitles.block.generic.place​0.80.8–1.0
​Block breakingBlocksWhile the block is in the process of being brokenhit.grasssubtitles.block.generic.hit​0.30.5
​FootstepsPlayersFalling on the block with fall damagefall.grasssubtitles.block.generic.footsteps​0.41.0
​FootstepsPlayersWalking on the blockstep.grasssubtitles.block.generic.footsteps​0.31.0
​Shovel flattensBlocksWhen a shovel creates a dirt pathuse.grasssubtitles.item.shovel.flatten​1.00.8
​FootstepsBlocksJumping from the blockjump.grasssubtitles.block.generic.footsteps​0.111.0
​FootstepsBlocksFalling on the block without fall damageland.grasssubtitles.block.generic.footsteps​0.211.0

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

NameIdentifierFormBlock tagsItem tags Translation key
BlockSprite blue-orchid.png: Sprite image for blue-orchid in Minecraft Blue Orchidblue_orchidBlock & Itemflowers
small_flowers		flowers
small_flowers		 block.minecraft.blue_orchid

Bedrock Edition:

NameIdentifierAlias ID Numeric ID FormItem ID[i 1] Translation key
BlockSprite blue-orchid.png: Sprite image for blue-orchid in Minecraft Blue Orchidblue_orchidred_flower / 11085Block & Giveable Item[i 2]Identical[i 3]
(Numeric: -830)		 tile.red_flower.blueOrchid.name
  1. ↑ ID of block's direct item form, which is used in savegame files and addons.
  2. ↑ Available with /give command.
  3. ↑ The block's direct item form has the same ID as the block.

Block states

See also: Block states

Bedrock Edition

NameMetadata Bits Default value Allowed valuesValues for
Metadata Bits		 Description
flower_type0x1
0x2
0x4
0x8		poppy poppy0Poppy
orchid1Blue Orchid
allium2Allium
houstonia3Azure Bluet
tulip_red4Red Tulip
tulip_orange5Orange Tulip
tulip_white6White Tulip
tulip_pink7Pink Tulip
oxeye8Oxeye Daisy
cornflower9Cornflower
lily_of_the_valley10Lily of the Valley


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History

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.7.213w36a Added blue orchids.
1.814w04a Flowers no longer generate as a massive group at the world origin.[1]
14w07a Blue orchid texture planes are no longer stretched by a factor of sqrt2.
14w10c Blue orchid texture planes are now stretched a bit more than they were previously - were the texture full, it would reach the corners of the block.
14w17a Blue orchid texture planes are now the same size as they were before 14w07a.
14w25a Blue orchids are now affected by the same shading full blocks are.
14w26a Blue orchids are no longer subject to shading.
1.1116w39a Blue orchids now generate in flower pots in woodland mansions.
1.1418w43a The texture of blue orchids has been changed.
Blue orchids can now be used to craft suspicious stew, giving it the Saturation effect.
19w03a Placing a blue orchid into the new composter has a 50% chance of raising the compost level by 1.
19w05a Blue orchids now have a 65% chance of increasing the compost level in a composter by 1.
Added wandering traders, which sell blue orchids.
1.1519w34a Blue orchids can now be used to breed bees.
Bees can now pollinate blue orchids.
1.18Experimental Snapshot 1 Added meadows, in which blue orchids can generate.
experimental snapshot 2 Blue orchids no longer generate in meadows.

Bedrock Edition

Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.9.0build 1 Added blue orchids.
build 3 Added dye recipes for blue orchids.
v0.12.1build 1 Blue orchids can now occupy the same space as snow layers.
v0.13.0build 1 The flowers created using bone meal now depend on the biome.
v0.14.0build 3 The hitbox of blue orchids no longer occupies the entire block.
Pocket Edition
1.1.0alpha 1.1.0.0 Blue orchids now generate in woodland mansions.
Bedrock Edition
1.10.0beta 1.10.0.3 The texture of blue orchids has been changed.
Blue orchids can now be sold by the wandering trader.
1.11.0beta 1.11.0.1 Blue orchids can be used to fill a composter
1.13.0beta 1.13.0.1 Applying bone meal to a blue orchid now creates other blue orchids instead of dandelions and poppies.
beta 1.13.0.9 Blue orchids can now be used to make suspicious stew, giving it the Saturation effect.
1.14.0beta 1.14.0.1 Blue orchids can now be used to breed bees.
Bees can now pollinate blue orchids.
1.21.60Preview 1.21.60.21 Blue orchids no longer appear mirrored when viewed from certain angles.[2]
Preview 1.21.60.23 Blue orchids generate more frequently and in larger patches.
release The model of blue orchids has been changed.

Legacy Console Edition

Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360Xbox OnePS3PS4PS VitaWii USwitch
TU31CU191.221.221.22Patch 3 Added blue orchids.
TU54CU441.521.521.52Patch 241.0.4 Blue orchids now generate in flower pots in woodland mansions.
1.90 The texture of blue orchids has been changed.

New Nintendo 3DS Edition

New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0 Added blue orchids.

Data history

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.814w06a Blue orchids now use the newly-implemented model json file models/block/flower.json; previously the geometry was defined in the game code itself.
1.1317w47a The different block states for the red_flower ID have now been split up into their own IDs.
Prior to The Flattening, this block's numeral ID was 38.

Bedrock Edition

Bedrock Edition
1.20.80Preview 1.20.80.23 The different block states for the red_flower ID have now been split up into their own IDs.

Issues

Issues relating to "Blue Orchid" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Trivia

  • In real life, an orchid is any member of the Orchidaceae family of flowering plants.

References

  1. ↑ MC-44467 – Overpopulated flowers near lake – resolved as "Fixed".
  2. ↑ MCPE-40646 – Cross models are displayed wrongly from east and west sides – resolved as "Fixed".
This article is linked to on an official Minecraft page.
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