Miltoniopsis Gordon Hoyt 'Dolores'

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Originally Posted by NYCorchidman

Nice! Looks very similar to my NOID miltoniopsis. The flowers are very very big, dark wine red, very velvety sheen (and to the touch!), amazing strong fragrance (I would say sweet plus little bit of rhubarb jam, it's hard to describe).

The sawtooth pattern on the center on my flowers are rather blurry though.

Not as floriferous (2-4 per spike) as others I have (somewhere from 6 to 8 per spike).
I guess the flower size and the nice scent make up for the lesser flower count. The white one I have and this deep red one smell just amazing!!!

Yours are lovely. Similar, but if you look at the centre mask part, there is some difference. Yours has a white rim around the mask and maybe more of an orange centre. Mine is a very yellow centre and no rim of white around the jagged edges of the mask. Otherwise, mine too is dark, rich and velvety and very large blooms. My 2nd bud is now open as well. They are nicely scented but it took a few days and it is not terribly strong. Smells like a nice flower shop!