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  1. Life
  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Monocots
  5. Agaves, Orchids, Irises, and Allies
  6. Orchids
  7. Vanilla Orchid Tribe
  8. Vanilla Orchids

genus

Vanilla Orchids

Vanilla

Traits
Includes
2 native 2 introduced
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Xanata 2 native
  • Vanilla

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

Layer
Vines
Plant type
Perennial Vine Wildflower

From USDA PLANTS.

Top native vanilla orchids All

Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.

  • Leafy Vanilla Vanilla phaeantha caterpillars 1
  • Wormvine Orchid Vanilla barbellata caterpillars 1
  • Mexican Vanilla Vanilla mexicana
  • Dillon's Vanilla Vanilla dilloniana

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