Vanilla ovalis
Pompona Vanilla
Vanilla pompona
Schiede Species
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- Botanical name
- Vanilla pompona
- Also known as
- Pompona Vanilla, West Indian Vanilla
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Vanilla
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Pompona Vanilla
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Other names for this plant
These names have all been used for Vanilla pompona but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Notylia pompona
Vanilla cochlearilabia
Vanilla grandiflora
Vanilla hamata
Vanilla lutescens
Vanilla pittieri
Vanilla planifolia var. gigantea
Vanilla pleei
Vanilla pompona subsp. grandiflora
Vanilla pompona subsp. pittieri
Vanilla pompona subsp. pompona
Others in Vanilla
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