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Vanilla Planifolia


Category: Orchids and Bromelievi

26 Mar : 07:08

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vanilla_planifolia_popup.jpgSynonyms: Vanilla Fragrans
Family: Orchids (Orchidaceae)

In nature, vanilla found in Central America and the Caribbean, where he grew up partly by land and partly as epifitno plant. Is a multi winding liana with pale green leaves reaching over 10 meters. Used with air roots attached to the trees. Flowers are funnel shaped, wavy at the edges and their color is light yellow to light green with a diameter of about 10 cm, as a flowering are located 8.10 colors. The colors are very short life, less than day. As color and seed boxes have intense vanilla flavor.

Nowadays, commercial farming in oprashva artificial vanilla is forming long seed boxes, which are sold dried as a condiment. To begin to bear fruit in vanilla needed between 1 and 2 years and a length of about 10-15 meters. All types of orchids, vanilla is the only species that have some nutritional value as used in confectionery and cosmetics.

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Category: Orchids and Bromelievi

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