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 ...

Find out how to grow vanilla bean orchids to enjoy their gorgeous blooms and edible pods. When most people reach for a bottle of pure vanilla extract to use for baking, they likely don’t think ...

Vanilla vines are easy to grow from sea level to 2,500 feet elevation, but flowering and bean production is a bit more complicated. If the vines are receiving too much water, fertilizer and shade ...

They grow only in specific conditions along the equator, are pollinated by hand and are prone to theft on the farm. Vanilla vines take two to four years to fully mature, and their flowers only ...

When Bellier-Beaumont was walking through his gardens one day in 1841, he noticed something surprising - a pair of fruits on a vanilla vine. The plant was the only surviving vine of a number of ...