KaBloomExotic Blue Sapphire Orchid Bouquet of 20 Fresh Blue Dendrobium Orchids with Vase - Fall Collection - KaBloom Prime Next Day - Gift for Birthday, Thank You, Valentine,Mother’s Day Fresh Flowers

I am thoroughly impressed with these flowers. BUT, if you are gifting these to someone DO NOT send as a gift straight from Amazon. The receiver, and you, will be disappointed. This is not an alternative to 1-800-flowers. They came in a long very sturdy box, the flowers and the vase were zip tied to prevent damage. When I first opened the box I was nervous because they looked fake. I got 20 (highly recommend) so they were in two separate bunches. The blooms were perfect and sturdy. At first I was disappointed that the vase they sent was not as pictured (tall and skinny) so I started to use my own vase, I learned that wasn’t going to work or look right, so trust the process and use the vase they sent! I cut the stems under cool running water as directed and one by one put each stem in place. They have a natural arch to them and fall as they should. So it took a little effort to arrange them (hence the reason you should not send straight from Amazon if it’s a gift) but I now have a stunning arrangement. Also, there were spots of blue on my hands but after a few washes it came right off. I will buy from this company again. An arrangement like this from a store would easily cost $150, if not more.

These orchids are truly amazing. They were delivered a week ago and are still beautiful as you can see in the picture.We did not use the tiny vase sent with them but used a larger one

I've ordered this before - the flowers were gorgeous and the recipient enjoyed them immensely. Last week was my grandma's birthday (she lives in Hawaii). Ordered the exact same flowers to be delivered and Amazon accepted the order so I was excited for my grandma to receive the orchids. Asked her how her flowers were and she said she said sadly that they were all wilted. Would it be possible to have a better batch of the same flowers re-delivered, please? Since she's old and not tech-savvy, she did not take a picture of the flowers that were delivered.

The flowers were delivered to my stepmother for Mother’s Day in perfect fresh condition! She is 98 and said that she has never seen such beautiful flowers! Four blooms lasted over a month and still amazing. I will give them an A plus and buy again for sure! She didn’t receive instructions on handling/cutting with order

Absolutely spectacular. Had these delivered to my mother out of state and they arrived perfect with each flower being provided it's own vial of water. The vase seemed a bit small, but the flowers were gorgeous and lasted for weeks. The arrangement (blue) was so impressive that people were knocking on the recipients door asking about where they came from and what they were.

These were a hit for my friends birthday so I order a second time and my mother was so excited with the uniqueness and bold colors. These are a win!

So I will take some responsibility for being the 1diot ordering flowers in 110F heat (probably the mail truck is 140F or more), but I wanted a bouquet for my birthday which is unfortunately in said heat. Nevertheless, this is one of the worst experiences I've had with a mail order bouquet, but probably there was just some multiple bad luck coming together.The bouquet arrived to start with in so-so condition, with some blooms already fallen off. It comes in two bouquets which are wrapped in tissue paper inside a plastic wrap, and each stem has its own water supply tube. There also was a free small vase, and I had my own vase as well. Neither of these vases turned out to be the ideal size or shape for these heavy long stems. The tissue paper was a shredded watery mess, some of the stems already were super wet from spilled water, and blue dye everywhere. The bottom bouquet was in worse condition from the top.I washed both vases with soap and water and rinsed them thoroughly. I filled them with room temp/warm water. I simply picked the paper off the stems and removed the tubes but I see now I should have spent more time rinsing them off. I re-trimmed the ends and put them in the vases. I placed the vases in a 73-82F room with tons of indirect sunlight through the day, but very low humidity where I live alas. I changed the water every other day and rinsed out the vases well each time.The stems looked worse with each day, rather than getting better at first as implied. By day 2, I had to throw out 2 stems because they'd rotted mid-stem. Rather than open up, the top unopened blooms fell off soon. I've never seen this before, but the roots started growing white mold like crazy after about 4-5 days. The stems were shedding blue dye copiously right after every water change. Perhaps getting dyed stems is just not a good idea for longevity. But the bouquet lasted just past a week, which was less than I had been hoping.I don't know if there is something I could have done better like less water or more water. If I do ever try to reorder these again, I'm going to go with multiple vases of a different design because the one than comes with and the book design one I had on hand were just not right at all, one was too tall, one was too lightweight, and a wide vase is a mistake with the particular bouquet.

Base much too short for the length of the flowers.