Wild Flowering Plants
Orchidaceae family Vanilla mexicana Miller, Gard. Dict. (ed. 8) Vanilla no.1. 1768. Bas.: Epidendrum vanilla Linnaeus (1753). Indigenous quite rare vine of lower montane rainforest, often by rivers. Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique, St. Lucia, Grenada, Greater Antilles, Trinidad, Mesoamerica, South America. Pods have no vanilla flavour. |