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05-19-2007, 03:21 PM
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Vanilla planifolia
This one has been blooming for a while, so I photographed it before leaving to Redlands... it is still blooming, and won't stop maybe until July... 
Sorry for the poor photo quality... I'm not good at photography, and neither is my camera 
Vanilla planifolia
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05-19-2007, 03:53 PM
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Is there any scent to it? or is all the vanilla essence in the seed pod once it's processed.
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05-19-2007, 04:27 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Dorothy
Is there any scent to it? or is all the vanilla essence in the seed pod once it's processed.
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Oh no, there is a scent  If you go outside, take a very long walk in the sun, come back, take off your socks, and take a wiff, you will have the equivalent scent of a Vanilla planifolia flower...
Pleasing scent only comes from the processed (or just dried) pod.
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05-19-2007, 06:00 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mahon
Oh no, there is a scent If you go outside, take a very long walk in the sun, come back, take off your socks, and take a wiff, you will have the equivalent scent of a Vanilla planifolia flower...
Pleasing scent only comes from the processed (or just dried) pod.
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It's curious that Vanilla flowers have a 'blue cheese' scent and some Stanhopeas flowers have a 'vanilla' fragrance! Sometimes orchids are really weird! |
05-19-2007, 06:37 PM
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Oh great .. The one I have is tagged planifloria .. 
I never knew vanilla's were stinkers! 
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05-19-2007, 06:53 PM
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Love it!  Smells like dirty gym socks! Whew!  And some folks come down on Bulbos!   |
05-19-2007, 07:45 PM
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Sorry I won't trade for a bulbo phalaenopsis or bulbo echinolabium!
NO WAY!  |
05-20-2007, 01:42 AM
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Its a stinker!! Now I need to get one! Very nice Pat. Whats the diff in flower morphology between this one and Sue's?
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05-20-2007, 05:49 AM
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Guess they felt like being in the wild they needed to guard themselves against the enemy  ... can't do a stinker, the kid would hate the competition once his shoes come off |
05-20-2007, 09:37 AM
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Hmm.. I didn't know that vanilla stinks  |
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