About the Oriental Lilies
Details
| Availability | Year-round |
|---|---|
| Blooms per stem | 3 to 5 buds per stem |
| Scent | Strong and sweet |
| Symbolism | Purity and renewed innocence |
| Recommended delivery | 2 to 3 days before your event |
Please Note
Your flowers will arrive looking thirsty and sleepy. This is completely normal. They are cut to order on our farms and travel without water, so they need rehydrating — the Flower Care tab on this page shows you exactly how.
Flowers are a natural product and no two stems are identical. Screen calibration varies as well, so the exact colour tones you receive may differ slightly from the photographs.
Availability and pricing follow the harvest, so package contents can change with weather and market conditions. If a substitution is ever needed we match your original choice as closely as we can, and never substitute down in value. We will always try to reach you first; where we cannot in time, we may proceed so that your order still ships on schedule.
Flower Care
Your flowers are shipped fresh, direct from our farms to your door. When you open the box they may look sleepy or thirsty — that is completely normal after an international journey without water. The steps below rehydrate them and get the longest possible vase life out of every stem.
How to unpack and condition your flowers
Unpack and inspect
Cut the straps and lift the flowers out of the box, but leave the protective sleeves on for the first 4 hours of hydration. Check the stems as you go.
Start the steps below straight away rather than leaving the box closed — the sooner the stems reach water, the better they recover.
Prepare the containers
Use clean, sanitised buckets or vases. Soap residue and bacteria are the most common cause of a short vase life.
Fill with at least 4 inches of cool fresh water and add flower food if you have it.
Trim and place in water
Strip any foliage that would sit below the waterline, then cut 1 to 2 inches off each stem at a sharp angle with clean shears.
Place the stems in water immediately, with enough room around each head to open.
Hydrate and maintain
After 4 hours remove the sleeves, strip any remaining low foliage, recut the stems and spread them across more containers.
Give them about 8 more hours to drink. Keep them somewhere cool and dark, away from heat, draughts, direct sun and ripening fruit.
Time to design
Recut the stems before arranging. Change the water daily and recut every 24 to 48 hours.
Warm rooms open blooms faster — useful if you need them fuller for an event, worth avoiding if you do not.
FAQ
Size and scent. They carry the largest blooms of any commercial lily and a powerful sweet fragrance — Stargazer and Sorbonne are the varieties most people picture.
2 to 3, opening in sequence rather than all at once, which is why a single stem carries an arrangement for over a week.
Often, yes. In an enclosed room the fragrance can overwhelm food and guests with sensitivities. Use LA lilies instead where scent is a concern.
Yes. Pinch out the anthers as each bloom opens — lily pollen stains fabric permanently and is toxic to cats.
Tight, with the buds closed. Orientals ship best in bud and open over two to three days at room temperature.
That is normal and expected. These stems are cut to order on our Ecuadorian farms and travel internationally without water, so they arrive dehydrated and often with tight, closed heads.
Follow the care steps above and they rehydrate and open over the next 12 to 24 hours. Judge the flowers after they have had a full day in water, not at the moment you open the box.
Shipping is charged by the box at checkout: $34 for a quarter box and $47 for a half box. Delivery is by UPS or FedEx in 3 to 5 business days anywhere in the continental US.
Choose a delivery date 2 to 3 days before the event. That gives the stems a full day to hydrate and open, plus a buffer day in case a carrier runs late.
For a Saturday wedding, aim for Wednesday delivery.
If your order arrives damaged, wilted, or in poor condition, we want to make it right.
- Notification Window: You must contact our Customer Experience Team within 24 hours of delivery.
- Documentation: To process a claim, you must provide clear photographic images of the affected product(s), including all stems in question and the original packaging.
- Resolution: At our discretion, AsiriBlooms.com will offer a replacement (subject to availability), provide care instructions to revive the blooms, or issue a refund for the affected items.
- Return Requirement: For perishable flowers, we generally do not require a return but may ask you to hold the product for 48 hours for inspection purposes.
Once an order is placed, the fulfillment process begins immediately to source your flowers from our growers.
- Full Refund: Cancellations made within 24 hours of placing your order are eligible for a full refund (minus a 4% credit card processing fee).
- Standard Cancellation (15+ days notice): Cancellations made more than 14 days before your scheduled delivery date are subject to a 15% cancellation fee. The remaining balance will be refunded to your original payment method.
- Partial Credit (8-14 days notice): Cancellations made between 8 and 14 days before delivery are not eligible for a cash refund but will receive a full in-store credit (minus a 10% restocking fee) with no expiration.
- No Cancellations (Within 7 days): Cancellations cannot be accepted within 7 business days of your delivery date, as the flowers have already been cut and prepared for shipment.


