Best way to dry flowers from bouquet?

mainly lilies, and orchids.... what is the best way to dry them

Best way to dry flowers from bouquet?
No, no, no - orchids can be dried upright or upside-down, but the lillies and other less-leathery flowers need to be dried in a box of sand or dessicant. Your local craft store probably stocks the dessicant, if not, you can get sand and put some in the bottom of a small box, then place each blossom in separately and pour some sand inside it and then softly around it until it is covered but still maintains it's shape.


Before you begin - always take a picture so you know how it went together (more or less) then take it apart to dry each piece appropriately - you can press ferns, hang orchids and other semi-dry plants, and you need dessicant or sand - and you need to put the soft flowers into the dessicant or sand right away!!!!
Reply:when they r completely dry put them in the paper bag
Reply:turn the bouquet upside down and hang somewhere dry while they are still looking nice, ie before they've started wilting.. that should do it.





unless you want to press them for framing? usually by putting on paper and a paper on top to soak the moisture, and then in between pages of a book, and then using something heavy on top of the book, for a few days until you're sure they've dried.
Reply:I agree with Amy r!!! Do not try to hang those! The petals will simply drop off!
Reply:Hang them upside down so they don't droop. I use rubber bands to hold then together and some string to secure them to the wall or ceiling.
Reply:I grow alot of flowers in my garden and save the seeds for next year. I just hang up in the barn till dry