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Vanilla hartii

Botanic Family

Orchidaceae

Author

Rolfe

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Belize
• Brazil
• Costa Rica
• French Guiana
• Guyana
• Guatemala
• Honduras
• Chiapas
• Oaxaca - Mexico
• Nicaragua
• Panama
• Trinidad & Tobago
• Windward Is.

Natural Habitats

• Forest clearing
• understorey
• lowland forest

Flowering Times

• May Jan-Apr (Trinidad)

Fruiting Times

Hemi-epiphtyic vine to 3m. Coriaceous leaves to 115mm x 35mm. 5-8 flowered raceme to 30mm long with bracts to 9mm x 5mm, white flowers. White tepals, green tinged sepals, white lip with grey or brown lines to throat. Dorsal sepal to 49mm x 8mm, lateral sepals to 46mm x 8.6mm, petals to 50mm x 8mm, lip to 43mm x 25mm, column 32mm long. Fragrant fruit to 140mm x 5mm.

Further References

• Mobot
• Kew
• The Plant List 2
• Lankesteriana
• SAFIO