Common name
English: Flat-leaved Vanilla
German: Echte Vanille
Portuguese: Baunilha
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Liliopsida (397)
Order: Orchidales (27)
Family: Orchidaceae (27)(family description)
Genus: Vanilla (1)
Epithet: planifolia B.D. Jackson (1)
Synonyms: Epidendrum rubrum Lam., Notylia planifolia (Jacks. ex Andrews) Conz., Notylia sativa (Schiede) Conz., Vanilla bampsiana Geerinck, Vanilla duckei Huber, Vanilla rubra (Lam.) Urb., Vanilla sativa Schiede, Vanilla sylvestris Schiede, Vanilla viridiflora Blume
planifolia => having flat, horizontal leaves
rubra => red in a general sense
rubrum => red in a general sense
sativa => sown, planted, cultivated, not wild
sylvestris => wild not cultivated, growing in woods and forests
viridiflora => green-flowered
Characteristics
Climate: tropical
Flower colour: yellow