Crochet Orchid Pattern — 30 cm Potted Flower Amigurumi

A 30 cm potted orchid with two open blooms, two green buds and four arching leaves, standing in a weighted brown pot. It never needs watering and never drops a petal — the houseplant for anyone who has killed a real orchid.

What you get

• 8-page PDF, instant download after purchase
• US crochet terms, round by round with stitch counts on every line
• Photographs of the finished piece and of each assembly step
• A 7-step assembly guide with exact wire lengths and stem positions

The build

The flowers are where the pattern earns its keep. Each bloom is three separate pieces: a three-lobed back petal grown from 9 dc in a magic ring, with each lobe worked out along a 9-chain and back down the other side; two front petals shaped with clusters of four trebles in a single stitch to make them flare; and a flower centre in cream and ruby, worked stitch by stitch in back loops with little chain-picot throats. Make two sets.

The pot is worked from an 8-stitch ring out to 54 stitches with a third-loop round that gives a crisp base edge, then reverses direction at round 22 so the top folds down into a proper rim. A separate soil disc in caramel is sewn in between rounds 20 and 21, over a cut foam base and a handful of glass marbles for weight — so the finished plant stands up instead of toppling.

The leaves start from a 20-chain and are shaped with five hdc worked into one stitch at the tip, then given a line of surface slip stitches down the centre that stiffens them into a natural arch.

Assembly is wire-and-glue: two 8 cm wires and one 9 cm wire wrapped in green yarn for the flower and bud stems, then a 37 cm main stem that each piece is bound onto in turn, spaced by finger-widths so the blooms stagger up the stalk the way a real orchid does.

Skills & materials

• Intermediate. Magic ring, sc, hdc, dc, tr, BLO, third-loop and surface slip stitch, working both sides of a chain, plus careful assembly — the pattern is explicit that neat seams make or break this one
• Círculo Amigurumi cotton — white 8001, chocolate brown 7569, caramel 7148, cream 1112, ruby red 3611, olive green 5368
• 2.2 mm hook, tapestry needle, fibrefill
• Galvanised wire (16 or 18 gauge), silicone craft glue, 5 mm EVA foam for the pot base (alternatives listed), and glass marbles for weight

Original design by Rachel Muylaert (Rachel Crochê); this is the English edition.

Please note

This is a digital PDF pattern, not a finished plant. No physical item is shipped. Because of the nature of instant downloads, the file is non-refundable. For personal use — please don't resell or redistribute the file.

Your PDF link arrives by email as soon as your payment goes through, and it's also on your order confirmation page. Save the file somewhere safe, it's yours to keep.

Because a pattern can't be handed back once it's downloaded, digital orders aren't refundable. If something is wrong with the file or a round doesn't add up, email us and we'll sort it out.