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Vanilla bicolor

Botanic Family

Orchidaceae

Author

Lindley

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Brazil
• Colombia
• Cuba
• Ecuador
• French Guiana
• Guyana
• Hispaniola
• Jamaica
• Suriname
• Trinidad & Tobago
• Venezuela
• Windward Is.

Natural Habitats

• Edge of forest
• riverine thickets
• woodland
• rainforest

Flowering Times

• Jan
• Oct

Fruiting Times

• Feb
• Jul
• Dec

Epiphyte & scandent twining herb with angular striate stems 120mm x 3.5mm. Coriaceous leaves to 105mm x 45mm. Axillary few-flowered raceme of 6-7 flowers, to 50mm long with coriaceous bracts to 9mm long, brownish-bronze & cream flowers, sepals to 60mm x 6mm,petals to 60mm x 5mm, lip 60mm x15mm, column to 35mm long, Olive-green fruit to 150mm x 4mm.

Further References

• Mobot
• FB
• NYBG
• The Plant List 2
• CPC
• Kew
• SAFIO
• Phytotaxa