Find out how to grow vanilla bean orchids to enjoy their gorgeous blooms and edible pods. When most people reach for a bottle ...

Malagasy people have been using Madagascar’s unique native plants for food, medicine and handcrafts for thousands of years.

One reason vanilla has gotten so expensive is, it's hard to grow. Vanilla vines take two to four years to fully mature, and their flowers only bloom for one day of the year. In order for the ...

They grow only in specific conditions along the ... no birds to pollinate the flowers thus it must be done by hand. Vanilla orchids produce a dark brown seed pod that is then soaked in ...

At the time, the orchid represented an entire day’s salary for Jerry Fischer – $25 – but he didn’t care. He’d never seen a flower so intriguing. As ...