Vanilla × tahitensis J.W.Moore 1933 SUBGENUS Xanata

Photos by © Michel Grisoni and European Journal of Taxonomy 284: 1–26 M.Pignal, Azof.-Bolaños & Grisoni 2017 A new vanilla species from Costa Rica closely related to V. planifolia (Orchidaceae)

Common Name Soto Arenas' Vanilla [dedicated to Dr. Miguel Angel Soto Arenas (1963?2009), authority in orchid floristics and ecology, particularly in the Vanilla genus died 2009}

Flower Size 2" [5 cm]

Found in Costa Rica as a natural hybrid between V odorata and vanplanifolia.htm">V planifolia with narrowly oblong to lanceolate leaves

Synonyms

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; * European Journal of Taxonomy 284: 1–26 M.Pignal, Azof.-Bolaños & Grisoni 2017 A new vanilla species from Costa Rica closely related to V. planifolia (Orchidaceae) ;

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