Ramadan in Doha: white roses, lilies and how to choose a bouquet
Almost every bouquet in the Ramadan in Doha section is white: white roses from fifteen to a hundred and one stems, white lilies, a hundred and one cream roses, with 51 Red and White Roses the only exception. The colour is already decided, so the real choice comes down to the variety, the stem count and the container.
White roses and lilies: what the Ramadan section holds
Roses make up most of the white range here. Dutch roses are the classic greenhouse varieties, grown for a tight, even head. French roses are not a variety at all: a florist reflexes the outer petals by hand, so the head opens wider than a standard rose. White Nice is an actual variety, named directly in the bouquets that carry it.
Lilies work differently: a bouquet of seven lilies still counts as a full bouquet, since lilies are large-headed flowers, and just a few stems of them already make a full bouquet. Cream roses sit at the warmer end of the same white range rather than in a colour of their own, and in the thirty-one-stem white rose bouquet, eucalyptus is filler that closes the gaps between the heads.
The stem count runs from fifteen up to a hundred and one, and the container changes with it. A styled bouquet is built in a spiral, the stems crossing roughly a hand's width below the heads, and a bouquet spiralled this way stands on a table on its own stems. Bunch of 101 White Roses and Bouquet of 101 White Roses share the same stem count; the difference is in how the flowers are presented, not in the flowers themselves.
A wicker basket cannot hold water on its own, so the weave is lined first, and wet foam goes in on top of that lining and settles under its own weight. Once it is in place, the basket stands without a vase. The Isabella design box and the cylinder both skip the usual wrapping paper, letting the roses sit inside the container as its own shape.
Ramadan flower delivery in Doha covers the order from the date to the card in the box. Flowers for Ramadan in Doha can be booked for a set date and time, open in any zone across the city, and booking earlier leaves more slots to pick from.
One basket can carry several bouquets bound for different addresses, with delivery worked out separately for each. A missing street address is not a problem: the recipient's phone number is enough for the courier to find them. The card costs nothing extra and can carry a message or stay anonymous, and sweets or balloons can be added to the same basket.
A photograph of the finished bouquet goes out before the courier leaves, and changes can still be requested from that photo. Hotels and offices follow the rules of the building, and a company that needs an invoice can ask for one. Delivery to the city centre costs nothing, and exact timing is shown on each bouquet's own page; delivery terms cover zones and the rest in full. Payment is by Visa or Mastercard, and the total in the basket is final.
How long white roses and lilies last, and how to care for them
A rose in water lasts about a week, sometimes stretching to ten days. Recut the stems at an angle as soon as the bouquet arrives, strip any leaf below the waterline, and change the water every day or two, keeping the vase away from radiators, direct sun and ripe fruit.
Foam inside a basket or a box needs watering every day across its whole visible surface, and the container should never be tilted once the foam is wet; dried-out foam barely takes water back in. On a lily, the pollen sits on anthers that show once the flower has opened; removing them then stops the pollen staining petals or fabric, and pollen already on cloth comes off with sticky tape rather than rubbing.
Every part of a lily is poisonous to cats, and so is the water left in the vase, so a home with a cat is better served by the roses in this section than by the lilies.
A first look here is easiest by variety: compare Dutch, French and White Nice among white roses and other roses, or open the full flower catalogue if white is not quite the palette needed. Reasons beyond Ramadan sit in other occasions, and zones, addresses and timing are covered on the delivery page.