A number of Old World Vanilla species are leafless. Stems, roots, inflorescences only.
That so cool. Is there somewhere I could get some more leafless vanilla or better identify mine? And whats the Old World that your talking about? ♡(ӦvӦ。) Is it a shop or a site?
The terms 'Old World' and 'New World' originated during the European Age of Discovery. The Old World referred to Eurasia and Africa. The Americas are the New World. Quite a few orchid genera are found in only one of these Worlds.
The Internet Orchid Species Photographic Encyclopedia (IOSPE), orchidspecies.com shows most orchid species. For Vanilla, flowers are important in differentiating species.
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