Description
Vanilla is a succulent-stemmed, perennial climbing plant. The fruit is commonly used to make flavoring, but it is also used to make medicine.
Vanilla planifolia, commonly called vanilla, is a terrestrial or epiphytic orchid vine. The stem that can be 5 to 15 meters or more long. The plant grows into trees, supporting itself by means of aerial roots that are produced from the stem nodes.
The long succulent stem and grows by wrapping around trees. The vine has alternate, fleshy oblong or lanceolate leaves which are rounded at the base. Flowers are greenish-yellow, with a diameter of 5 cm.The tubular lip is striped yellow and deeply fringed at the apex. fruits which take the form of narrow, cylindrical pods (or beans), each possessing many small black seeds.Plant Specifications
*above specification are indicative only. actual dimensions may vary by +-10%
Vaanila planifolia care