Species Information - Vanilla giulianettii

Vanilla giulianettii F.M.Bailey, Queensland Agric. J. 7 (1900) 350

Type: Giulianetti s.n. (British New Guinea) (holo BRI)

Synonyms:

Stems climbing, angular. Leaves sessile, oblong, tapering at both ends, thin (when dry), 25 cm long, 6 cm wide; parallel longitudinal nerves close and numerous, about 21. Fruiting raceme stout, about 10 cm long, the lower bracts nearly orbicular; capsule curved, 20 cm long, 2 cm diam., smooth, fleshy, the sutures grooved.

Note: Described from a fruiting fragment. This will probably remain a doubtful species.

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