I pulled aside the straw today from one larger plant that's staring to flower, and there were a couple of stolons starting to run. They got a slow start, but they're on their way. I planted the early potatoes that I'm growing for new ones along the edge of the bed so I can easily reach in and nab them.
Where does vanilla come from? A: Vanilla comes from the bean of a specific type of orchid. Of the 35,000 orchid species native to the rainforests of Central and South America, only the fruit of the vanilla orchid, whose scientific name is Vanilla planifolia, is actually edible. Continue Reading.
A tropical plant and member of the orchid family, the vanilla bean plant can be grown at home with the right conditions and care.tep 3 â Create the Tropical Environment. To grow well, the vanilla bean plant will need its native conditions to be replicated, meaning it will need a warm and moist home. It will need indirect sunlight from a florescent lamp and ideally will be somewhere with regular humidity like the bathroom.