Cambodian Wild Vanilla

Vanilla Cambodia According to passed experiences of forest trekking and exploration, I have found some interesting orchid species called Vanilla. When we talk about vanilla it straightly mean to the species from Mexico and Madagascar, where the vanilla flavor for vanilla ice-cream came from. However, there are about 200 species of vanilla growing naturally in over the globe.

Surprisingly, in Cambodia there are more few of this spectacular orchid genus and the first ever found vanilla in the country has record during French colony and it is vanilla siamensis which is confirmed later by Dr. Dy Phon in 1968 and it was rediscover by many expert 1970 then once again 2013/2014. Then the second species of the kingdom has record by Mr Sok Vichea that the one he found is the known as the leafless vanilla- Vanilla aphyllum.

In recent years, Cambodian explorer have discovered the new vanilla for Cambodia either as named later as Vanilla atropogon or simply known the Dark Beard Hairy Vanilla. The finding has found in early 2019 from Thmor Roung National Resort which is claimed by the explorer as the home of Cambodian Vanilla according to it very much distribution in the whole area and suggesting for more investigation on the site during the flowering season in between January to June. The explorer either record the leafless vanilla in the private reserve vegetative area of the Shinta Mani Wild Resort

Interestingly, there are more place in Cambodia have been sighted with vanilla orchid such as Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary , Kompot Province and not so much exploring in deep study sofar. Here below the photo of vanilla species found in Cambodia:

Vanilla atropogon alba

Found in Thmor Roung National Resort

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Vanilla atropogon (Dark beard hairy vanilla)

Found in Thmor Roung National Resort

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Vanilla aphyllum (leafless vanilla)

Found in Thmor Roung National Resort

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Unknown leafless vanilla and it bean

found in Thmor Bang forest

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Wild Vanilla bean at Thmor Roung National resort

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Unknown leafless vanilla in Prey Lang

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Unknow vanilla and it's bean in Veal Pouch Waterfall Kampot.

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Unknown vanilla at Bokor Mountain

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