Vanilla claviculata Sw.

 Vanilla claviculata Sw., Nova Acta Regiae Soc. Sci. Upsal. 6: 66 (1799).

Vanilla claviculata Sw., Photo by Ricardo Valentin

Replaced synonym

Epidendrum claviculatum Sw., Prodr. [O. P. Swartz] 120 (1788), nom. illeg.

Family:

Orchidaceae.

English Name:

The Cone Shaped Vanilla (refers to the lip), Green-withe.

Description: 

Climbing, epiphyte with a stout stem with internodes and roots arising from them carrying small fleshy, rigid, subsessile, apiculate, recurved, oblong-lanceolate, to triangular, basally clasping only 1/4 of the terminal shoots and missing on the main stem leaves on an axillary, 14 cm long, to 12 flowered, racemose inflorescence with short-lived, fragrant flowers.

Distribution:

Cayman Is., Cuba, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Puerto Rico

Ecological:

On shrubs, trees and on limestone rocks in montane forests at elevations around 250 to 380 m.

Flowering times:

Blooms in the spring.

Flower size:

4.5 cm.

Cultivation:

Sun Exposure: Full Sun

Sun to Partial Shade

Foliage: Evergreen

Hardiness: USDA Zone 11: above 4.5 °C (40 °F)

Type: 

Ref:

orchidspecies.com

ipni.org

powo.science.kew.org

orchids.fandom.com

idfg.idaho.gov

davesgarden.com

ricardogupi.blogspot.com

Soto Arenas, M.A. & Cribb, P. (2010). A new infrageneric classification and synopsis of the genus Vanilla Plum. ex Mill. (Orchidaceae: Vanillinae) Lankesteriana 9: 355-398