Vanilla phaeantha Rchb.f.
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Authority
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
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Family
Orchidaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Fleshy, often 6 m. long or longer. Leaves oblong or linear-oblong, nearly sessile, 6-18 cm. long, 1.5-5 cm! wide, acute or obtuse; peduncle stout, 2-8 cm. long, geniculate, leafy-bracted; spike few-several-flowered, its bracts ovate, obtuse, 6-12 mm. long; ovary cylindric, 5-6 cm. long; sepals and petals nar rowly oblong or linear-oblanceolate, aeutish, 6-8 cm. long, 1-2 cm. broad; lip broadly ovate, convolute, retuse, crenulate, crested, about 8 cm. long; capsule narrowly cylindric, 7-8 cm. long, about 1 cm. thick.
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Distribution
Coppices, Abaco and Great Bahama : Florida ; Cuba : Jamaica : St. Vincent ; Trinidad. Our Bahama specimens are barren ; they were determined by Mr. R. A. Kolfe, of Kew. Oblong-Leaved Vanilla.
Great Abaco Bahamas South America| Grand Bahama Bahamas South America| Florida United States of America North America| Cuba South America| Jamaica South America| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines South America| Trinidad and Tobago South America|