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Vanilla phaeantha

Botanic Family

Orchidaceae

Author

Reichenbach f.

Common Names

• Leafy Vanilla
• Oblong-leaved Vanilla
• Vainilla de las Antillas (Spanish)
• Tapia (Panama)

Geographical Habitats

• Bahamas
• Costa Rica
• Cuba
• El Salvador
• Jamaica
• Lesser Antilles
• Quintana Roo
• Yucatán - Mexico
• Panama
• Trinidad & Tobago
• S. Florida - U.S.A.
• Venezuela
• Windward Is.

Natural Habitats

• Shrubland
• moist thickets
• forest
• swampside
• hammocks
• montane forest

Flowering Times

• Feb
• Apr
• Jun

Fruiting Times

• Feb

Hemi-epiphytic climbing orchid to several metres. Fleshy leaves to 190mm x 50mm with revolute margins. 4-6 flowered axillary raceme to 50mm x 6mm, 90mm long pale green flowers with white & yellow. Greenish-white to cream tepals, white lip with brown or orange-yellow edges. Flowers subtended by bracts to 14mm x 8mm. Dorsal sepal to 74mm long, lateral sepals to 72mm long, petals to 73mm x 8.5mm, somewhat trilobed lip to 72mm long, column to 110mm long. Fleshy capsule 90mm x 12mm.

Further References

• Huxley 1992
• NYBG
• Mobot
• The Plant List 2
• Kew
• Lankesteriana
• Gleason & Moldenke
• SAFIO