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Orchidaceae
Bourbon vanilla
Vanilla planifolia
Also known as Myrobroma fragrans, Vanilla sylvestris, Notylia sativa, Vanilla aromatica var. planifolia
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Bourbon vanilla is a tropical climbing orchid that requires warm temperatures (60–85°F), high humidity, and bright indirect light to thrive indoors. It needs a sturdy support or moss pole to climb and benefits from a well-draining orchid bark mix kept consistently moist but never soggy. Hand pollination is required to produce vanilla bean pods, making this a rewarding but challenging plant for dedicated enthusiasts.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Water thoroughly until water drains from the bottom, then allow the top inch of growing medium to dry before watering again · Every 5-7 days
- Maintenance
- High
- Soil
- loam
- Temperature
- -20°F to 90°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 5a-10b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 18 in
- Spacing
- 36 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Bangladesh, Belize, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Caroline Is., Cayman Is., Chagos Archipelago, Colombia, Comoros, Cook Is., Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, French Guiana, Guatemala, Gulf Of Guinea Is.
- Attracts
- Hummingbirds, Bees
Sources: trefle
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