Description
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Leafless, liane-like climber with green succulent stems up to c. 1 cm in diameter and short roots at the nodes. Small brownish vestigial leaves sometimes present at the nodes. Inflorescence many-flowered, up to 30 cm long, terminal or at the nodes. Flowers large and showy, up to 15 cm in diameter, white, more or less flushed with pink, strongly and sweetly scented. Lip funnel-shaped, often salmon-pink or yellowish in the throat. Capsule up to 17.5 cm long.
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Vanilla roscheri Rchb. f. Flora of Mozambique website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=180910
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- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
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- Petra Ballings
Frequency
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Occasional
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Vanilla roscheri Rchb. f. Flora of Mozambique website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=180910
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- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
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- Petra Ballings
Worldwide distribution
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Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique and just entering KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Vanilla roscheri Rchb. f. Flora of Mozambique website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=180910
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- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
Vanilla roscheri: Brief Summary
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Vanilla roscheri is a species of flowering plant in the family Orchidaceae found in Kenya, Somalia, Mozambique, Tanzania, Ethiopia, and South Africa.
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