Bouquet Spell

Bouquet Spell
Incantation	Orchideous (or-KID-ee-us)
Type	Conjuration
Hand movement
Light	Pink
Effect	Conjured flowers
Creator	Miranda Goshawk

""Orchideous!" and a bunch of flowers burst from the wand tip."

— Garrick Ollivander's use of this spell

The Bouquet Spell (Orchideous) was a transfiguration spell that conjured a bouquet of flowers from the tip of the caster's wand. The spell was invented by Miranda Goshawk.

The movement for this spell was to move one's wand in a circle in the air, with the spell producing a pink light upon casting. The flowers conjured by this spell were usually pink in colour as well.

This spell was covered in fourth-year Transfiguration classes at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

Known uses

Caster(s)	Date	Notes
Minerva McGonagall and Jacob's sibling	1987–1988 school year	While teaching fourth-years in Transfiguration class, Professor McGonagall demonstrated the successful casting of this spell which Jacob's sibling duplicated.
Garrick Ollivander	November 1994	Ollivander used this spell when he tested Fleur Delacour's wand at the Wand weighing ceremony before the Triwizard Tournament. The spell probably conjured orchids or some flowers, which Ollivander gave to Fleur after conjuring them.

Known practitioners

Miranda Goshawk

Minerva McGonagall

Jacob's sibling

Garrick Ollivander

Etymology

From the Latin "Orchideae", the name for the orchid plant family.

Behind the scenes

• In the video game adaptation of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Orchideous is instead depicted as a jinx which is used to transform enemy creatures, like Dugbogs and Vampyr Mosps into a burst of purple flowers. However, this depiction can be in no way considered canon, since Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire depicts the spell as instead conjuring flowers from the wand tip, a depiction which is the same in other video games and on Pottermore and Wizarding World.
• Tom Riddle once "produced a bunch of roses from nowhere" for Hepzibah Smith, which was either sleight of hand or possibly this spell (or a similar one) cast nonverbally.

Hermione's possible use of this spell

• This spell, or a variation of it, may have been used on 24 December 1997 by Hermione Granger to conjure a wreath of Christmas roses nonverbally for Harry Potter to place on the graves of James Potter and Lily Evans.

Appearances

• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (First appearance)
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (video game) (Console and PC versions only) (Non-canonical appearance)
• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Possible appearance)
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Possible appearance)
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (Possible appearance)
• Pottermore (Mentioned only)
• Wizarding World (Mentioned only) (First identified as Bouquet Spell)
• LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7
• Harry Potter: Spells
• Wonderbook: Book of Potions
• Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery
• Harry Potter: Magic Awakened (Mentioned only)

See also

• Herbifors
• Herbivicus Charm
• Rose Growth