51 Roses in Nicosia

51 roses in Nicosia: one count, many varieties, stems and baskets

51 roses in Nicosia include the Jumilia twice over, sold in airy wrapping and in a basket: each head opens to about seven centimetres, with a white base and a pink edge, so fifty-one heads from one variety already read as two colours. The count itself never changes here, so the real choice runs through variety, colour, stem and how the flowers are presented.

Which roses go into a bouquet of 51

The grid holds solid colours, red, white and pink, alongside named varieties: Jumilia, Bombastic, Misty Bubbles. A Jumilia lasts in a vase for up to two weeks with good care. One shade is labelled simply "Black", and the name is worth taking at face value rather than a hint at how the colour is achieved: check the tone on the photo the florist sends before the bouquet goes out. Each bouquet is put together to order, and the roses themselves are bought only after payment clears.

Victorian flower dictionaries gave red rose passion, pink a softer feeling and white purity, though no single list was ever agreed and the meanings shift between sources. A Red and White pairing or a White and Pink one changes the tone of the same fifty-one stems without changing the count. The number itself is odd, and across Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and most of the former Soviet Union odd numbers are the ones sent to the living; outside that tradition the count carries no particular meaning.

Tall stems, spray roses or peony-style heads

With Tall roses, length is what decides the look. The longest stems in the cut-flower trade are Ecuadorian, grown high in the Andes and running from about seventy centimetres to a metre or more, while the classic Dutch rose usually sits between forty and seventy centimetres. Spray and Bush roses branch, carrying several smaller heads on one stem rather than a single bloom. Peony-style heads, like Misty Bubbles, open full and many-petalled, closer to the English roses bred in David Austin's style than to a standard rose. Fifty-one stems this size are gathered in a spiral, each one angled the same way so they meet a hand's width below the heads; bound like that, the bouquet stands on a table on its own.

Wrapped or in a basket, and how long 51 roses last

In a basket the stems sit in floral foam rather than water, and the basket stands without a vase of its own. The foam wants a thin stream of water across its whole surface every day; tilt it, or let it dry out once, and it barely takes water back afterwards. Kept damp that way, foam holds fifty-one roses about as well as a vase would. Left in good conditions, roses last around a week, sometimes closer to ten days. A wrapped bouquet needs the same basic care: fresh water and a fresh cut on the stems.

Before the courier leaves, the finished bouquet is photographed and the picture goes to the sender, with time for a change if something looks wrong; a substitution in a close shade and the same price shows up on that same photo. Timing sits in the bouquet's own card rather than in the text of an article, and most orders reach the recipient the day they are placed. Inside the centre, delivery is free. No address is required, a phone number is enough to find the recipient, and the card that goes with the flowers is free and can be left unsigned. Payment runs through Visa or Mastercard, and the total shown in the cart is final.

For the rest of the range by count, start with roses by quantity, or browse the rest of our roses for other colours and stem lengths. Beyond roses, all flowers covers the wider catalogue, and the delivery page has the zones and timing for the address in question.