Vanilla aphylla

 Vanilla aphylla Blume, Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. 8: 422 (1825).

Vanilla aphylla Blume; Photo by Diep Dinh Quang

its native range is Assam to Peninsula Malaysia, Jawa, Philippines (Luzon).

Latin Name: 

Vanilla aphylla Blume

Family: 

Orchidaceae Juss.

Synonym:

Vanilla calopogon Rchb.f.

Vanilla parishii Rchb.f.

Vietnamese name:

Vani không lá

English Name:

The Leafless Vanilla.

Thailand name:

Khot nok kut, Khruea ngu khiao, Thao ngu khiao

Description: 

With a somewhat flattened, green, angular, fleshy stem with 6 to 8 cm long internodes and has leaves reduced to small triangular, green scales that blooms in the late spring, summer and fall with clusters of 3 to 4 flowers on a very short inflorescence.

Distribution:

Assam, Bangladesh, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam (Khánh Hòa, Nịnh Thuận, Đắk Lắk, Tây Ninh, Đòng Nai, Phú Quốc).

Ecological:

In broadleafed, evergreen, humid primary forests in soils dampened by mists and splash along steep watercourses as a large sized, hot growing epiphyte at elevations of 20 to 500 m.

Flowering times:

Blooms in the late spring, summer and fall.

Flower size:

4.5 cm.

Cultivation:

Light:

Bright; 2500-3500 Footcandles (very bright indirect light)

Temperature:

Warm to Intermediate;60°F min. to 90°F max.

Watering:

Potted, Moist; 2-3 waterings per week(let dry slightly between waterings)

Typus:

Parish [286], Burma Vanilla parishii K000387577 Unknown type material

Cuming, H. [2070], Philippines Vanilla calopogon K000942629 Unknown type material

Cuming, H. [2070], Philippines Vanilla calopogon K001085928 Unknown type material

Reference: 

- theplantlist.org

- ipni.org/n/661147-1

- powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:661147-1

- orchidspecies.com/vanaphylla.htm.

- andysorchids.com/pictureframe.asp?pic=images/Species/6395med.jpg&PicId=6395&PicNam=Vanilla+-+aphylla

- thuocdongduoc.vn