Beyoncé and Jay-Z ordered 75 boxes of white-and-cream-colored orchids for their April 4 nuptials at the rapper's downtown Manhattan apartment, florist Amy Vongpitaka tells Usmagazine.com.

"It made the apartment like a heaven, like a palace," says Vongpitaka, owner of NYC's Amy's Orchids.

She says she only had "one week's notice" that they were tying the knot and that the 750 pounds of flowers arrived three days before they said "I Do!" in front of Gwyneth Paltrow, Chris Martin, Kelly Rowland, Michelle Williams and Beyoncé's sister, Solange.

The couple also ordered many foot-long garlands to drape around the $8 million, 9,000-square-foot apartment. (See their most romantic moments here.)

"Beyonce requested the specific look of the bloom," Vongpitaka says.

"You know in a palace where things hang down from a chandelier, that's what they tried to do with the flowers," Vongpitaka adds. "You walked in, and it was all flowers — everything white and creamy. It made Beyoncé look special."

Nearly 100,000 orchids came from Thailand "because for celebrities you have to pick the best ones," she says.

Vongpitaka tells Us 100 workers at the farm cut flowers; a total of nearly 200 people worked on the job.

The day before the wedding, "I heard Beyoncé was thrilled," Vongpitaka says. "I know she's so happy with this wedding."

Adds Vongpitaka, "They're a great match!"

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source: usmagazine.com