Vanilla articulata Northr.

  • Authority

    Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.

  • Family

    Orchidaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Vanilla articulata Northr.

  • Description

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    Species Description - High-climbing, sometimes 10 m. long or longer, branched, subterete, the stems 2 cm. in diameter or less, only the youngest shoots leaf-bearing, their leaves linear-lanceolate, 2 cm. long or less. Peduncle geniculate, 3-7 cm. long, bearing triangular-ovate bracts 5-7 mm. long; spike few-several-flowered; ovary narrowly cylindric, about 3 cm. long; sepals and petals white or slightly pink, oblanceolate, aeutish or obtuse, 3-4 cm. long, about 1 cm. wide; lip broadly obovate, convolute, 3-lobed, about 3 cm. wide, the middle lobe somewhat crested; capsule subeylindric, 5-7 cm. long.

  • Distribution

    Thickets and low coppices, Andros, New Providence, Eleuthera, Great Exuma, Great Guana, Watling's and Crooked Islands : Florida and Cuba. Link-vine. Worm-vine.

    Andros Island Bahamas South America| New Providence Bahamas South America| Eleuthera Bahamas South America| Crooked Island Bahamas South America| Florida United States of America North America| Cuba South America|