vanilla fever

[disalover]

hi all!!! I've gotten the vanilla orchid fever. I found a great source of vanillas here in South Africa. he supplier sell's the following,= V. planifolia, V. pompon?, V. polylepis and V. roscheri.

I already have a planifolia variegate, and I was thinking of getting V. roscheri and V. polylepis.

to the one thing is how the heck should I grow them the same as V. planifolia? what potting mix, I use bark, potting soil and peat for Planifolia he loves it?

they already come rooted so not to hard getting them to grow.

photos of his plants,=

Photo 1: V. planifolia
Photo 2: V. pompona?, is it really pompona it has a question mark
Photo 3: V. polylepis
Photo 4: V. roscheri

[theloyalplum]

Oh how I wish I could grow vanilla in the Bay Area... one day... when I get a greenhouse...

Usually never see vanilla outside of planifola here. I'm curious to see how the beans from other species taste!

[disalover]

o and forgot to mention the roscheri is leafless only has a stem with small brownish thing where the leaves should be

[My Green Pets]

We need to summon lepetitmartien to this thread, he is a lover of all things vanilla...

Hey!! Little Martian!!

[disalover]

I got attracted to the pompona as well so I might buy all three

[No-Pro-mwa]

Why not. If you can grow them then get them all hehehhee. I wonder if they taste different also. Very neat.

[disalover]

There on here way!!! Along with a bulbophyllum maximum

[lepetitmartien]

Originally Posted by CambriaWhat

We need to summon lepetitmartien to this thread, he is a lover of all things vanilla...

Hey!! Little Martian!!

Too late, I've already taken power of this thread, mwahahahaha

The substrate should do, it's more the traditional used in Europe. Myself I've switched to a mix coco chips based with enough other things to aerate. (coco/bark/cork/leca/perlite)

I tend to keep the aphylle vanilla drier.

[No-Pro-mwa]

So then which one makes the best vanilla?

[disalover]

The only pods that are really edible are planifolia, pompona and Tahitensis. And the one that is said to taste the best is the planifolia, the pompona has a less strong flavour. I have no idea what the Tahitensis tastes like, i read somewhere that it is a natural hybrid between planifolia and pompona.