Orchid
The vanilla bean is the seed of an orchid.
Orchid means Orchid in English. It is a variety of tropical flower. The spanish name is Orquidia
The orchid.
I don't think you could caterogize this as a spice, but the orchid produces vanilla bean.
In its natural state, the Cooktown orchid grows in the tropical areas of northern Queensland where annual rainfall is very high.
The Cooktown Orchid grows best in tropical regions where annual rainfall is very high. This is why it is found only in north Queensland.
Tropical palmsPhilodendron Syngonium Guzmania Ficus Orchid Tropical fernsIn fact many of the plants that we use as "indoor plants" originally come from tropical regions
There are a variety of types of plants in a tropical rainforest. Some of these include the banana, orchid, coffee, Brazilian nut tree, and poinsettia.
Mainly due to illegal logging, and slashing and burning forest to clear space on which to grow a crop.
According to the American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, an epiphyte is "a plant, such as a tropical orchid or a staghorn fern, that grows on another plant upon which it depends for mechanical support but not for nutrients. Also called aerophyte, air plant."For more information on epiphytes from Answers.com, see the Related Link.
The orchid flowers are one of the largest families of plants in the world. In fact, there are more than 25,000 species in the world that occur naturally, plus many more which have been developed by orchid growers.The name orchid comes from the Greek word orchis, which means testicle. They're named this because of the shape of their bulbous roots.The largest orchid in the world can grow up to 20 metres tall.Many orchids are native to tropical and semi-tropical regions of the world, including Asia, South and Central America.Some orchids are native to the UK.Orchids come in a rainbow of colours, including green and black. But the one colour you'll never see an orchid in is blue.The most popular types of houseplant orchids are phalaenopsis (moth orchid), vanda, paphiopedilum (slipper orchid), cymbidium or dendrobium (Singapore orchid).instersting facts about orchids?