Moth Orchid appears in PvZ1 and is unlocked by completing the Brain in the clouds minigame. He doesn’t do any direct damage but when clicked he flaps his wings for a second which knocks all zombies on the lawn back a tile and rests for 20 seconds, during this phase he will remain idle while resting and doesn’t activate his ability till finished resting. When defeated he will take the strongest zombie(excluding gargantuars) off the lawn killing the zombie. After the 20 second rest he will remain idle till clicked. He is also obtained by completing level 8 of Noah’s Ark in Plants Vs Zombies: Defender of the Lawn. The DotL look has been used for simplicity’s sake.
Plant Group(DotL): Defence
Origins[]
Based off the moth orchid, an orchid that closely resembles a moth which this plant is also based off.
Almanac Entry[]
Moth Orchid
Pushes zombies away and rests, when they’re close he’ll grab them and fly away
Toughness: Typical
Range: Lane(Gust) Front 1 by 1(Grab and fly)
Moth Orchid tries hard to come back after taking a zombie but the sun looks so mesmerising...
Cost: 125
Recharge: Fast
Upgrades[]
Plant Food Power(DotL): Summons a huge gust of wind blowing all non-guargantuar zombies off the lawn
Defence Upgrade Effect(DotL): Creates a nest where randomly, moth orchids come out and pick up a zombie(lasts for 1 minute and works on water tiles as well, Gains increased health
Brain in the Clouds mini game (PvZ1)[]
The icon for Brain in the Clouds minigame
Brain in the Clouds is a mini game that is a conveyor-belt roof-top level and has 2 flags. The plants that appear in this level are Blover, Tall-nut, Cactus, Squash and Flower Pot. The zombies that appear in the level are pogo zombies, balloon zombie and Guargantuars. Some unique features about this mini game is that there are 2 by 2 clouds that will appear randomly and block your vision, these can be blown away by Blovers and when Guargantuars enter a cloud area they will immediately throw the imps off their back. Completing this level will unlock Moth Orchid. This mini game will be unlocked for after completing adventure for the second time.
Additional Info/ Trivia[]
Art by Ghostcrawling45
- Flapping will blow imps off guargantuars virtually halfing their health
- Can’t pick up guargantuars
- Flapping also blow certain types of armour off the zombies e.g bucketheads and coneheads
- Flying Zombies will be instant killed by the flapping
- The ‘but the sun is just so mesmerising’ is a reference to how real life moths are attracted to light
- Dotl stands for Defender of the Lawn, a game this plant appears in
- This is the first plant that Krushaofworlds has created and made a page for (he created quite a few during some drawing exercises)
- This was created for the Animal Contest 2021
- He can not be used on any lawn without access to sun (e.g Gus’s Gloomy Greenhouse) as he will fly away and take a zombie with him unless Plantern is on the lawn then he flies into it’s radius
- Originally was going to cost 150 sun
- The Brain in the Clouds name is a play on the phrase Head in the Clouds
Moth Orchid(PvZH)