Types of Vanilla

The conservation status for Vanilla planifolia has not been reported and this orchid is widely cultivated in Madagascar, Mexico, Tahiti and Indonesia. Pollination This orchid is pollinated by several species of bees including Euglossa viridissima, Eulaema cingulata, Eulaema polychroma, Eulaema meriana and Melipona beecheii.

Vanilla aphylla is a species of vanilla orchid. It is native to Southeast Asia. It is found throughout Southeast Asia including; Laos, Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore.

Vanilla pilifera is found only in Malay Peninsula and peninsular Thailand. Vanilla pilifera is cultivated at the Hortus Botanicus in Leiden. Scattered in dry evergreen forest.

Vanilla tahitensis is a species of orchid in the genus Vanilla. It was first described by the botanist John William Moore in 1933 from Raiatea in the Society Islands, where it was found growing on trees, having escaped from cultivation.