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03-13-2014, 01:22 AM
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The blooms have begun!
I was too late to catch these guys before they were torn open and pollinated. Still, you can see that the flowers are large (20cm or more) and beautifully creamy vanilla colored. 
Going back tomorrow to get some better shots.
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03-13-2014, 01:25 AM
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Nice!
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03-13-2014, 06:36 AM
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Great...........
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03-13-2014, 03:39 PM
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Today's Blooms
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03-13-2014, 04:17 PM
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Fingers crossed for you. I want to do this as well when mine get big enough.
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03-13-2014, 06:01 PM
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Keep us posted………..
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03-14-2014, 10:31 AM
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How fun, I hope you get the job done. I have some left over vanilla beans that I need to get to making Kahlua with.
That is a huge plant, just beautiful.
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03-14-2014, 04:38 PM
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Looks like you will have a lot of blooms to practice with. That is awesome!
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03-14-2014, 06:10 PM
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I had a vanilla orchid a few years ago that grew all over a sugar apple tree (Anona squamosa). It had flowers every Spring for a few years. I never tried to pollinate the flowers. To my surprise one cluster of flowers set fruit and there were 3 "beans" that grew through the first part of summer and then turned black and rotted during the height of the rainy season. I have no clue what pollinated the flowers. To my knowledge, its pollinator does not exist in South Florida. The vine succombed to a nasty bout of cold weather 4 years ago the likes of which I had not seen in 20 yrs prior nor have I experienced since.
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03-14-2014, 06:38 PM
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Does anyone know about how large the vine needs to be before it thinks of flowering? I know mine are a ways off as they are 10-14 inch long cuttings.
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