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Vanilla polylepis

Botanic Family

Orchidaceae

Author

Summerhayes

Conservation Status

Endangered

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Angola
• Kenya
• Malawi
• Tanzania
• Zaire
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

Natural Habitats

• Understorey
• riverside
• forest edge

Flowering Times

• Sep (Zaire)

Fruiting Times

High-climbing orchid to 6m, stems with nodal roots. leaves to 210mm x 80mm. Terminal racemes to 70mm long of 25-30 flowers. 60mm white or green-white flowers marked purplish, intermediate sepals to 52.5mm x 9.5mm, lateral sepals to 12.5mm wide, petals to 55mm x 14mm, dorsal keel to 45mm long, lip to 55mm x 35mm, white with yellow throat.

Further References

• Huxley 1992
• Mobot
• The Plant List 2
• Kew
• HUBM