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Plant Characteristics

Cultivation

Scientific Names

Read about Vanilla planifolia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Vanilla planifolia, Andr. (V. aromatica, Willd., in part). Common Vanilla. Vanilla Bean (from the pods). Fig. 3905. Tall climbing herbs with stout sts.: lvs. thick, oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, with short, stout petioles: fls. yellow, large, in axillary racemes of 20 or more blossoms; sepals and petals oblanceolate; labellum trumpet-shaped, with small, reflexed, crenulate lobes. Winter. A native of Mex., but widely cult. throughout the tropics and in greenhouses. B.M. 7167. L.B.C. 8:733. G.C. III. 25:213. Gn. 57, p. 35. O. 4:8.—Partially epiphytic. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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