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Vanilla Orchid Vanilla spp. Photo by Diego Bogarin Well-known and very popular for its sweet aroma and flavoring, the Vanilla Orchid is the source of our commercial vanilla extract and perfumes used very commonly in our daily lives. The genus Vanilla consists of 110 species of orchids found throughout tropical regions globally. Two species, V.
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Vanilla is an expensive commodity because since there are no natural insect pollinators like the Melipona Bee in other places, vanilla flowers have to be hand pollinated, a very delicate process, i…
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Vanilla planifolia, commonly known as the vanilla bean orchid, is native to Mexico and grown in other subtropical regions
How to grow vanilla orchid indoors. Learn all about this fascinating plant, and yes, this is where vanilla flavor comes from!
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Vanilla orchid care is very specific and each requirement must be met exactly in order for the vine to produce fruit. Learn how to grow vanilla orchid in the home interior. This article will help with
Vanilla planifolia 6-10" cuttings are ready ! (2 per order) This is the commercial variety of vanilla beans and they are awesome! Vanilla planifolia is a species of vanilla orchid. These are native to Mexico, and are one of the primary sources for vanilla flavoring, due to its high vanillin content. Flowers are greenish-yellow, with a 2" diameter. They last only a day, and must be pollinated manually, during the morning, if fruit is desired. The plants are self-fertile, and pollination simply requires a transfer of the pollen from the anther to the stigma. If pollination does not occur, the flower is dropped the next day. In the wild, there is less than 1% chance that the flowers will be pollinated, so in order to receive a steady flow of fruit, the flowers must be hand-pollinated when grown on farms. Hand pollinators can pollinate about 1,000 flowers per day. Fruit is produced only on mature plants, which are generally over 10 ft long. The fruits are 6-9" long pods. They mature after about five months, at which point they are harvested and cured. Curing ferments and dries the pods while minimizing the loss of essential oils. Vanilla extract is obtained from this portion of the plant. GET YOURS TODAY! THIS IS AN AWESOME ONE TO HAVE!!!
At 5 years my Vanilla Orchid finally began to flower! Vanilla is a vining orchid that's native to central Mexico and grows well in the sub-tropics. It's farmed commercially on Maui and the Big Island. Vanilla requires diffused light or shade as direct sun can scald the leaves. The vines will search for something fibrous to climb on - a tree trunk, fence or the side of a building. and will readily adhere to wood or concrete. If a vine grows too high up a tree it's easy to loosen and re-direct. Some of the Vanilla growers construct simple wire trellises or wire fences to support the vines. The plants grow well in containers with the same type of soil medium and care recommended for orchids. Vanilla flowers bloom during the spring. May was the month my plant first began to bloom. The following year the first bloom was on April 4th. When the vine is blooming, I recommend checking it several times during the morning as the flowers can open and close in a short period of time. In Hawaii, the flowers have to be hand pollinated as we don't have a species of bee to pollinate them. There are a number of short videos on you-tube that demonstrate how to do this. A Story about Vanilla and the Milipona Bee First signs of budding A Vanilla plant takes 3 to 5 years before it flowers for the first time. Then, 9 to 10 months for the pollinated orchids to produce the bean. After the beans are harvested they're processed, dried and aged which can take from 3 to 6 months. From a flower to finished product is around 12 months. Vanilla Beans 4 months Vanilla Beans 10 months At 10 months some of the beans were barely changing color but began to split at the ends. Next year I may harvest the bunches a week earlier, before there's any color change. A wide cast iron bistro pan Curing the vanilla beans. The recommended way to cure vanilla beans is to wrap them in a wool blanket and let them sweat under the sun and that's what I did in 2014. It's been very rainy this month so I had to begin the curing process without the sun so I put the beans in a covered pan and let them sweat in a 120 degree oven. . Growing vanilla is an art that I'm learning by trial and error. It could be a few more years until I master pollinating the flowers and curing the beans. As I learn more I'll update this post. About Vanilla Orchids How to Pollinate a Vanilla Orchid How to Plant and Grow Vanilla How Vanilla Beans are Harvested and Dried Vanilla Bean Curing Techniques Tahitian Vanilla orchid plants are grown on the Big Island and distributed by Plant it Hawaii. I purchased my plant from Lowes in Kahului - they rarely have them in stock so I special ordered it through their garden department. Kula Hardware and Nursery has plants occasionally. Vanilla can also be grown from a cutting. Vanilla Extract Recipes
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