Vanilla planifolia - Vanilla Orchid
By Delonix1
14 Oct, 2010
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This is the orchid which produces vanilla of commerce. It's a very large orchid. Not sure if it blooms in winter like most orchids grown in San Diego. Photo taken in the Botanical Building, Balboa Park on Sept. 29, 2010.
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Fractal:
Thanks! Yes, it can climb pretty high. I guess that's why it's in a pot. It would probably climb up the sides of this lath house it allowed to do so in the ground.
14 Oct, 2010
Would love to have one of these. I don't think I have space though, here in New York.
12 Jan, 2017
It definitely needs a lot of space. This one is growing up the pillar in the Botanical Building (a giant lath-house). There's many hundreds of orchids growing in the Botanical Building, beside thousands of other tropical plants.
13 Jan, 2017
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Great species. I like its climbing habit and thick alternating leaves.
14 Oct, 2010