Accession Data:
Vanilla planifolia Jacks. ex Andrews
- Common Name: Vanilla Orchid
- Family: Orchidaceae Juss.
- Country of Origin: Mexico to Colombia
- Habitat: large epiphytic climbing orchid
- Description: [Syn. Vanilla fragrans]
This leafy climbing orchid is from hot, wet tropical America. The flowers are hand pollinated. Propagated generally by cutting.
The vanilla flower is self-fertile, but incapable of self-pollination without the aid of an outside agency to either transfer the pollen from the anther to the stigma or to lift the flap or rostellum then press the anther against the stigma. The only time this can be accomplished is during the morning of the one day the flower is open. Unless pollination occurs, the flower drops from the vine the next day.
- Uses: The vanilla orchid is grown for its seed pods that are harvested and go through an extensive drying and curing process to create commercial vanilla. Without this drying and curing the green seed pods do not contain a potent vanilla flavor. The drying process creates vanillin crystals and turns the pods from green to black.
In traditional Mexican medicine Vanilla was used to treat hysteria, fevers, impotence, rheumatism, and to increase the energy of muscular systems.1
- Culture: Keep plant in intermediate to warm temperatures in shade. Plant is grown in shade and require a lots of space for climbing. Plant can be mounted or grown in bark. Plant prefers dryouts between waterings. 4
- USDA Zone: 10a-11
Accession Data:
- Accession # 201100222
- Source: Lisa Palmer - Dartmouth College
- Accession Date: 07-06-2011
- Bench: 3228 - ORCH: NE Corner - Vanilla
- Currently: active - healthy
- Qty: 1 confirmed on 12-06-2022
Classification:
- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Liliopsida
- SubClass: monocots
- Order: Asparagales
- SubOrder:
- Family: Orchidaceae
- SubFamily: Vanilloideae
- Tribe: Vanilleae
- SubTribe:
Flowering Data:
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References (internal):
- Spice Plants
- Plants with Extrafloral Nectaries
- Pollination Syndrome Scavenger Hunt
- Currently Featured Orchids
- EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Mexico Gulf / Mexico Southwest / Mexico Southeast / Belize / Costa Rica / El Salvador / Guatemala / Honduras / Nicaragua / Colombia /
References (external):
- Medicinal orchids and their uses: Tissue culture a potential alternative for conservation. Bijaya Pant. African Journal of Plant Science. Vol. 7(10), pp. 448-467, October 2013.
- The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Accessed 26 February 2015.
- WCSP (2015). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed 26 February 2015.
- Vanilla planifolia at Orchids Wiki. Accessed 23 May 2015.
- Image #00 (cropped) & #01 (original) by Averater (Own work) [GFDL or CC BY 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons. Last accessed on Thursday, October 26, 2017.
data regenerated on Tue, 21 Feb 2023 13:05:42 -0500 [bcm v4.0]
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W/C = Wild Collected
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