Orchid-

Orchid/orchid- is an orientation where one feels attraction, but does not desire a relationship. Someone who identifies with this may consider people attractive, but lacks the want to act on it or dislikes the experiences.

It is an orientation on the a-spectrum that can be used on it’s own or as an umbrella term (orchidspec). Orchid can be described as “the opposite of cupio.”

Etymology
The term was named after the orchid, a flower often used to symbolize love, sex, and fertility.

History
Orchidsexual was coined on April 6, 2021 by Wikia user Ringotheman, presumably directly on the LGBTA wiki as an article.

Orientations

 * Orchidsexual, feeling/experiencing sexual attraction, but not wanting to act on it or disliking the experience.
 * Orchidromantic, feeling/experiencing romantic attraction, but not wanting to act on it or disliking the experience.
 * Orchidqueerplatonic, feeling/experiencing queerplatonic attraction, but not wanting to act on it or disliking the experience.
 * Orchidplatonic, feeling/experiencing platonic attraction, but not wanting to act on it or disliking the experience.
 * Orchidsensual, feeling/experiencing sensual attraction, but not wanting to act on it or disliking the experience.

Flags
The two original orchidsexual flags were created at the same time as the term. The colors of these two flags hold the same meanings:


 * Pink represents attraction
 * Grey represents the asexual spectrum
 * Purple represents sexual relationships
 * Black represents the lack of desire or unwanting

A simplified orchid outline symbol is featured on these flags to acknowledge the term's etymology.

The first orchidromantic flag was created by wikia user Caseyseal11 on April 23, 2021 with colors the opposite to the cupioromantic flag.

Two other orchidromantic flags were created to match the style of the original orchidsexual flags using colors from the first orchidromantic flag. One of these flags was created by Tumblr and Wikia user Plurgai/Caprisunsandgushers on May 29, 2021 with an orchid in the middle. The other flag was created by FANDOM user FlippingPancake on July 3, 2021 with an orchid at the top.

The orchidspec flag was created at the same time as the coining of the term.