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Vanilla poitaei

Botanic Family

Orchidaceae

Author

Reichenbach f.

Common Names

• Lombricera

Geographical Habitats

• Bahamas
• Brazil
• Cuba
• Hispaniola
• Jamaica
• Puerto Rico
• Florida
• Virgin Islands - USA

Natural Habitats

• Riverine thicket
• woodland
• secondary forest
• forest
• montane areas
• shrubland

Flowering Times

• May
• Jun
• Jul Apr-Jul (Puerto Rico)

Fruiting Times

• Rarely

Non-woody glabrous rampant vine with aerial roots, stems to 33m. Leaves to 120mm x 30mm reflexed like a hook at tip. Green flowers with dark maroon markings on edge in many-flowered terminal & axillary racemes, bracts to 25mm long, green sepals 60mm x 13mm, petals similar, lip greenish outide, white with cardinal margins & yellow throat inside, column to 30mm long, fruit to 150mm long.

Further References

• NYBG
• Mobot
• VOPR
• The Plant List 2
• Kew
• SAFIO