Vanilla pilifera

Vanilla pilifera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Monocots
Order:Asparagales
Family:Orchidaceae
Subfamily:Vanilloideae
Genus:Vanilla
Species: V. pilifera
Binomial name
Vanilla pilifera

Vanilla pilifera is a species of vanilla orchid. It is native to Southeast Asia.

Distribution

Vanilla pilifera is found only in Malay Peninsula and peninsular Thailand. Vanilla pilifera is cultivated at the Hortus Botanicus in Leiden.[1] Scattered in dry evergreen forest.

Description

Monopodial terrestrial climbing orchid, stem and leaves succulent, rooting from node, internode 7–10 cm. Leaves thick, oblong, 10–14 cm; apex acute; base obtuse; petioles 1-1.5 cm. Inflorescences arise from node, ca 5 cm. long, with 6-12 flowers; bracts 0.5–1 cm. long; pedicels 5–6 cm long. Sepal 3, free, oblong-lanceolate, greenish, shiny, 3-3.4 cm long. Lateral petals similar to sepals; labellum whitish pink with dark purple veins inside, ca 3 cm long with appendage hairs at apex down to the mouth close to 8-10 scales of brush, hairs ca 0.5 cm long; lower inside in front column dark red; column 1-1.8 cm long, most part connate to labellum; operculum green.

Notes

  1. ↑ "Vanilla Mill., Gard. Dict. ed. 6, (1752)". Nationalherbarium.nl. Retrieved 19 July 2018.

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