Alan - if you'd like, I will ship the rose with some cooler packs. I'm using to having to ship things (usually fish) with either heat packs or cooler packs. I only use either FedEx or UPS and I prefer the FedEx 3 day.
I'll make sure that I ship it out on a Monday so it doesn't sit in transit.
What I can do is also is contact RU and see if 1) I can add that Pure Poetry & 2) have them ship my roses a little earlier. I don't think I'll have to wait until May.. one of my forsythias bloomed on Monday, so spring's here.
EDIT: called up RU - they're shipping my roses out on 4/25 instead of May 16th, so I'll get them probably around the 29th or so. Plus I had them add that Pure Poetry onto my order. If you want it, I'll tack it into the box w/your Star of the Nile. If you don't want it, no worries, it's a beautiful rose & I'll just keep it.