My sister in law sent me a beautiful bunch of tropical flowers which arrived beautifully boxed and presented, if a tad squished at the very top. They would have been brilliant but the squish bits turned out to be frost type damage and 4 days later the flowers had to be thrown out as they were black at the top and dropping their leaves and petals! Thought it was so very thoughtful of her to send them as a pick me up, I didn't have the heart to tell her they were such a disappointment! Perhaps it was my bad luck on this occasion. My mother in law was sent some on the same day (although not tropical) so may well check how she faired with hers!