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Vanilla aphylla  Blume 

Synonym	:	Vanilla calopogon Rchb.f.
Family	:	Orchidaceae
Distribution	:	Native to Southeast Asia.
Habitat	:	Terrestrial
Key Botanical Characters. It is an unusual and floriferous plant, completely leafless green vine-like pencil thick stems with internodes spaced at roughly 4" apart each producing a stubby sheath and root, the sheaths will produce either a branch or a short 1 or 2 flowered inflorescence; the attractive spreading 2" bloom is pale greenish yellow with a pure white tubular flared lip with a light pink interior and a highly fringed callus.