Vanilla bean orchids are challenging to grow and recommended for experienced gardeners due to their high-maintenance needs. Successful cultivation requires careful attention to light, humidity, and ...

Many farmers and gardeners in Hawaii have started growing vanilla. Vanilla vines can be easily grown from cuttings when planted in partly shady spots at lower elevations and more open locations at ...

Here in Hawaii, we can grow lots of wonderfully exotic tropical plants year round. The vanilla orchid vine is one of these that requires special care but can produce lovely flowers and a tasty product ...

No serious discussion of orchids would be complete without a recipe on how to make vanilla extract. The popular flavoring comes from the dried seed pods (commonly called beans) of a rather unusual ...

Many farmers are not aware of the value of vanilla beans whose market prices range from at least Sh60,000 to Sh70,000 a kilo. Vanilla beans are reported to be the second most expensive product in the ...

Vanilla Vida – an Israeli startup addressing the huge mismatch between supply and demand in the natural vanilla market – is exploring locations in the US as it ramps up its indoor growing platform for ...

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 plants to produce beans, they have to be pollinated that day. In most ...