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Mahon 05-19-2007 02:21 PM
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
http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j1...n/S5002099.jpg

-Pat

Dorothy 05-19-2007 02:53 PM
Is there any scent to it? or is all the vanilla essence in the seed pod once it's processed.

Mahon 05-19-2007 03:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Dorothy (Post 34973)
Is there any scent to it? or is all the vanilla essence in the seed pod once it's processed.
Oh no, there is a scent :D 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.

-Pat

Frdemetr 05-19-2007 05:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Mahon (Post 34982)
Oh no, there is a scent :D 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.

-Pat
It's curious that Vanilla flowers have a 'blue cheese' scent and some Stanhopeas flowers have a 'vanilla' fragrance! Sometimes orchids are really weird!

Dorothy 05-19-2007 05:37 PM
Oh great .. The one I have is tagged planifloria .. :(
I never knew vanilla's were stinkers! :evil:

:muahaha:

Ross 05-19-2007 05:53 PM
Love it! :biggrin: Smells like dirty gym socks! Whew!:roll: And some folks come down on Bulbos!:drool: :hmm

Dorothy 05-19-2007 06:45 PM
Sorry I won't trade for a bulbo phalaenopsis or bulbo echinolabium!
NO WAY! :bad:

Tindomul 05-20-2007 12:42 AM
Its a stinker!! Now I need to get one! Very nice Pat. Whats the diff in flower morphology between this one and Sue's?

justatypn 05-20-2007 04:49 AM
Guess they felt like being in the wild they needed to guard themselves against the enemy:scratchhead: ... can't do a stinker, the kid would hate the competition once his shoes come off:evil:

Shadow 05-20-2007 08:37 AM
Hmm.. I didn't know that vanilla stinks :shock:


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