Vanilla Pollination

Growing Herbs : How to Grow Vanilla

ni pokok yang telah matang berumor 4 tahun ...dan dah berbuah

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-CIRI DAN SIFAT PISANG
Pisang adalan buah klimak terik kerana sifat peningkatan kadar respirasi ketara ynag sejajar dengan berlakunya peranuman. Manakala morfologi pokoknya pula tergolong dalam jenis tumbuhan herba kerana sifat tumbuhnya yang cepat dari batang palsu (pseudostem), iaitu tangaki daun yang tersusun seperti gelang sepusat dan muncul daripada umbisi atau batang utama. Manakala pengkelasan pisang bergantung kepada kultivarnya iaitu saiz, bentuk, warna kulit, tekstur dan citarasa pisang.

sambil tu tanam juga pokok pisang keliling rumah "kebun"

This quick growing deciduous tree originally from Central America grows readily from cuttings and has been used as living fence posts. It benefits from being pruned. The compound leaves to about 30 cm long have 11-15 leaflets. The pea-shaped flowers are borne in racemes towards the end of the branches; petals are pink to lilac. Pods are up to 15 x 2 cm, dehiscence is explosive, seeds are dark brown. The bark has been used as a fish poison.

It is a native of Atlantic Coast from Mexico to Brazil. The important vanilla producing countries are Madagascar, Mexico, Tahiti, Malagasy Republic, Comoro, Reunion, Indonesia, Seychelles and India.

Vanilla thrives well from the sea level up to 1000 meter MSL., under hot, moist, tropical climate with adequate well-distributed rainfall. Natural growth is obtained at latitudes, 15 degree North and 20 degree South of the equator. The optimum temperature ranges from 21-32 degree C and rainfall 2000-2500 mm annually.