Blue Orchid

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

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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
Hardness	0
Breaking time (secs)
Default	0.05

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.

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.

Trading

Wandering traders may sell a blue orchid for a single emerald.

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
Light Blue Dye
Suspicious Stew	Red Mushroom + Brown Mushroom + Bowl +

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 + Brown Mushroom + Bowl +

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.

Sounds

Java Edition:

v t e grass sound type
Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	​Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.grass.break	subtitles.block.generic.break​	1.0	0.8	16
	​Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.grass.place	subtitles.block.generic.place​	1.0	0.8	16
	​Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	block.grass.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit​	0.25	0.5	16
	​Something falls on a block	Entity-Dependent	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.grass.fall	subtitles.block.generic.fall​	0.5	0.75	16
	​Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	block.grass.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.15	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:

v t e grass sound type
Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Blocks	Once the block has broken	dig.grass	0.7	0.8–1.0
	Blocks	When the block is placed	use.grass	0.8	0.8–1.0
	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	hit.grass	0.3	0.5
	Players	Falling on the block with fall damage	fall.grass	0.4	1.0
	Players	Walking on the block	step.grass	0.3	1.0
	Blocks	Jumping from the block	jump.grass	0.11	1.0
	Blocks	Falling on the block without fall damage	land.grass	0.21	1.0

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Block tags	Item tags	Translation key
Blue Orchid	blue_orchid	Block & Item	flowers small_flowers	flowers small_flowers	block.minecraft.blue_orchid

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Alias ID	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID[i 1]	Translation key
Blue Orchid	blue_orchid	red_flower / 1	-830	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3]	tile.red_flower.blueOrchid.name

History

Java Edition
1.7.2			13w36a				Added blue orchids.
1.8			14w04a				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.
1.11			16w39a				Blue orchids now generate in flower pots in woodland mansions.
1.14			18w43a				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.
1.15			19w34a				Blue orchids can now be used to breed bees.
							Bees can now pollinate blue orchids.
1.18			Experimental Snapshot 1				Added meadows, in which blue orchids can generate in.
			experimental snapshot 2				Blue orchids no longer generate in meadows.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.9.0			build 1				Added blue orchids.
			build 3				Added dye recipes for blue orchids.
v0.12.1			build 1				Blue orchids can now occupy the same space as snow layers.
v0.13.0			build 1				The flowers created using bone meal now depend on the biome.
v0.14.0			build 3				The hitbox of blue orchids no longer occupies the entire block.
Pocket Edition
1.1.0			alpha 1.1.0.0				Blue orchids now generate in woodland mansions.
Bedrock Edition
1.10.0			beta 1.10.0.3				The texture of blue orchids has been changed.
							Blue orchids can now be sold by the wandering trader.
1.11.0			beta 1.11.0.1				Blue orchids can be used to fill a composter
1.13.0			beta 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.
1.14.0			beta 1.14.0.1				Blue orchids can now be used to breed bees.
							Bees can now pollinate blue orchids.
1.21.60			Preview 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.
Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU31	CU19	1.22	1.22	1.22	Patch 3		Added blue orchids.
TU54	CU44	1.52	1.52	1.52	Patch 24	1.0.4	Blue orchids now generate in flower pots in woodland mansions.
			1.90				The texture of blue orchids has been changed.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0							Added blue orchids.
Minecraft Education
1.0							Added blue orchids.
1.12							The texture of blue orchids has been changed.

Data history

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

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