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06-18-2007, 08:06 PM
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Vanilla Orchid?
I live in the Panama City,Florida. I found this orchid where I work. someone told me it was a vanilla Orchid. I can not find anything to confirm this. What do you think?
Thanks,
Dick Lambert
 
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06-18-2007, 08:18 PM
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I can tell you it's definitely not a vanilla orchid that I am aware of. Vanillas grow more like a bean stalk .. and the flower is more trumpet-like or cattleya-looking.
I hope someone can be of more assistance in identifying it.
This link gives you an idea of what vanilla orchids look like .. it's a google search
vanilla - Google Image Search
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06-18-2007, 08:23 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Dorothy
I can tell you it's definitely not a vanilla orchid that I am aware of. Vanillas grow more like a bean stalk .. and the flower is more trumpet-like or cattleya-looking.
I hope someone can be of more assistance in identifying it.
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I had the same idea.  Unfortunately I can't make a suggestion as to what it could really be.
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06-18-2007, 08:46 PM
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Sorry but it's definitely not a vanilla...vanilla is a vine. Although there are more than one type of vanilla, each having a different bloom, this flower does not look like any I've seen. I wish I could've given you some more help 
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06-19-2007, 03:32 AM
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Hi DLFL,
are you sure that is is an orchid? While thinking of a monopodial orchid with a maxillaria-like flower, nothing comes to my mind. Can you check again if the inner petals look the same or if one of them is a lip? Does the flower has the other orchid characteristics, column, anther cap, pollinia ( http://www.orchidlady.com/pages/orch...Anatomy.html)?
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06-19-2007, 09:47 AM
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Matucana ,
The bloom fell off shortly after this picture was taken. If it blooms again I will get some more photos.
All,
I sent photos to Dr. Williams, University of Florida , an orchid specialist. I hope to hear from him.
I also checked the Vasculiar Plant Atlas, University of Florida , which list plants by county and names. The plant I found is not in their Atlas.
ISB: Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Vascular Plant Collection: University of Florida Herbarium (FLAS)
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Last edited by DLFL : 06-19-2007 at 08:38 PM.
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06-20-2007, 01:28 AM
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Interesting plant! Definitely not an orchid, though... I will look into what this plant is... hopefully I will find something.
-Pat
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06-20-2007, 10:53 AM
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DLFL - WOW! a new discovery! 
Maybe you can name it  
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06-20-2007, 07:31 PM
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This from Dr. Prem Subrahmanyam of the University of Florida,"unfortunately, that flower is not an orchid. It is commonly known
as the pawpaw (Asimina sp. - which species it is would be hard to ID from
the photo). These are common in dry pine and mixed pine/oak forests.
One bonus, however -- the plant produces small fruits that ripen in
autumn and are edible, provided bugs and other critters don't get to
the fruits first."
Dick Lambert
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06-20-2007, 11:13 PM
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Aww .. oh well .. you can't name it but perhaps you can harvest the fruit and let us know how it tastes.
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