Vanilla Orchid produced a weird ?pod?

[Kasiopea]

So my vanilla plant has this odd pod/leaf coming out of, what I think, looks like where the flowers were... and it has a black spot where it looks like the flower attached. But, its wide like a leaf, and thick like a pod. Anyone seen these?


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[estación seca]

Yes, it's an orchid seed pod

[No-Pro-mwa]

Oh how cool. You are getting a bean.

[jkofferdahl]

That's a vanilla bean! How delightful!

[Kasiopea]

Isn't it odd how wide it is though? usually they are thin like String Beans, but this thing is like an Inch and a half wide😳 It's a monster bean lol


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[Dollythehun]

Could it be fasciated? You frequently see that in perennials.

[Kasiopea]

That's what I was thinking. It's just very odd we'll have to wait and see what it turns into. Here is another image from the flat side.




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[jkofferdahl]

It doesn't look fasciated - though it DOES look like a snow pea! Is it possible that different species of vanilla have differently shaped pods?

[Kasiopea]

The plant did bloom recently, and I did pollinate it, but didn't think it took. And just now I noticed this thing Its coming out of the spike, where the cluster of flowers was. I searched for different variations of vanilla plants but they all seem to look like skinny long bean stalks. Can't find anything remotely like this thing. Its shaped like a small leaf, and is thick on through the middle but thinner around the edges. So considering it take a vanilla bean like 9mo to mature, I'll be dying with anticipation lol

[RobS]

To me this looks like an abnormal growth, not completly leaf not completly seedpod. It happens.