Mini Purple Orchid & White Rose Box

This little arrangement packs a lot into a small footprint: a double-stemmed mini purple orchid rises above two open white roses, with a slice of dried lemon, purple millet and natural raffia tucked in around the base. Purple orchids are traditionally linked to admiration and rare beauty, and paired here with white roses for a bit of classic elegance, all wrapped in a rounded orange velvet box that looks good on a desk, a side table or a kitchen counter. It is sized to travel easily and to fit almost anywhere once it arrives, a cheerful, colourful gift for a birthday, a promotion or simply to brighten someone's day. After checkout, use the note page to add a few personal lines and make it feel even more thoughtful.

What is actually in it

This arrangement combines one double-stemmed mini purple phalaenopsis orchid and two white roses, finished with a dried lemon slice, dark purple millet and natural raffia detailing. It sits in a small pot roughly 7.5 cm tall and 11.5 cm wide, inside a rounded orange velvet gift box, with the overall height around 20 to 30 cm. Small natural variations in bloom count or exact styling can occur depending on seasonal availability.

What it looks like on day four

The orchid is the long-lived part of this gift: with the care above, its blooms typically stay open for several weeks. The two roses are cut flowers and behave like a classic bouquet, usually looking their best for the first four to six days before the orchid carries the arrangement on its own.

We photograph every listing on the bench under daylight. The image you are looking at is the arrangement, not a mood board.

Keep the orchid out of direct sun but somewhere bright, for example near a window with a sheer curtain. Water the orchid's roots by the soak method roughly once a week, letting any excess water drain away fully afterwards. The two roses are cut stems set in a small water source inside the box: check every couple of days and top it up if it feels dry, and keep the whole arrangement away from heating vents and draughts. If a rose starts to fade before the orchid does, you can simply lift it out and enjoy the orchid on its own.

The five things that actually matter

1. Recut the stems. Two centimetres off at a 45° angle, under running water if you can. Air locks in the stem are the main cause of early droop.
2. Strip leaves below the waterline. Submerged foliage rots and turns the water bacterial within a day.
3. Change the water, do not just top it up. Every two days, with the sachet we include.
4. Keep them away from fruit. Ripening fruit releases ethylene, which ages cut flowers dramatically faster.
5. Cool and out of direct sun. A radiator or a sunny windowsill will halve the vase life of anything.

Do all five and you should see nine days from this bouquet rather than five. The long version is in the journal.

Related reading: What Red Roses Really Mean (and When Yellow or White Says It Better)

Delivery

Same-day delivery is available across all 39 districts of Istanbul, on the same nine daily delivery windows from 09:00 to 22:00. Delivery is always free, on every order, everywhere we deliver in Istanbul, no threshold, no surcharge.

We deliver in our own vans with our own drivers. That is more expensive than handing it to a parcel courier, and it is the reason 98.2% of orders land inside the window you chose.

Substitution policy

Fresh flowers are an agricultural product. Occasionally the market does not have what we planned for, especially with seasonal stems like peonies. When that happens we do one of two things, and never anything else:

• Substitute a stem of equal or greater value in the same colour family, and email you a photograph before dispatch so you can approve it or cancel for a full refund.
• If no acceptable substitute exists, we call you. We will not quietly send something different and hope you do not notice.

Cancellations

Change or cancel free until 18:00 the day before delivery. After that the flowers are cut and conditioned specifically for your order, so cancellation is not possible — this is the perishable-goods exception under distance-selling rules, and it is stated again at checkout before you pay.