Orchid

The RUST Orchid is a rust decorative byproduct, added with the March 2025 update and accompanied by two other flower-type decorative items. At current, the item itself is a first-of-its-kind sellable at either Large Barns or Ranches, selling for a default (adjusted up or down by the taxation system) of 6 Scrap per 1 Orchid, and as a fishing bait after it has been harvested offering itself up with a Bait value of 1, and a maximum bait stack size also of 1.

Players cannot consume it, though it is classified as a food item in the internal RUST database. This item can be found in the wild in lush green wooded areas, having its own world model. It is found much in the same way and in the same places as the common Mushroom, and when picked, yields one plant and one Orchid Seed.

When planted in any planter box variety, it grows through the same stages as any other seed or clone but acts instead as a base decoration that you may leave up for the entirety of the Ripe phase. These plants may be cloned, as any other could be, and are subject to the same genetics system. Orchids can, of course, be composted and used to produce Fertilizer.