How to pollinate the Vanilla orchid, step by step

[@GabiitchandCat]

very interesting, thanks for share but that's a vanilla pompona.

[@MyGreenPets]

thank you!

[@liamorourke2613]

I hope folks can also appreciate that a 12-year-old boy named Edmond Albius innovated this technique (more or less) in the 1841 while he was living as an enslaved person on Réunion.

[@MyGreenPets]

Thank you! I will add this information to the description.

[@MyGreenPets]

Thank you! Yes, it's still done by hand, which is one reason why real, true vanilla is second only to saffron as the most expensive spice in the world!

[@bernardvecchio3704]

hi, i have possums or fruit bats eating my vanilla flowers, can i cover the flowers with anything ??

[@MyGreenPets]

+Bernard Vecchio You could try something like cheesecloth to protect the buds (?) Good luck.

[@baikibadai]

This is the best explanation I have found in youtube. Believe me I have been looking explanations in spanish and english. It is very nice filmed, subtitled and explained. This will really help us with our research proyect about Vanilla chamissonis, a cousin of V planifolia

[@MyGreenPets]

Thank you very much, I hope to continue making useful and informative orchid videos!

[@hallvardsandvik9278]

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[@varunkc9297]

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[@45911112]

You are right. This is the only video and audio that clearly explains the process of manual pollination. I have been a vanilla grower myself and I found this to be the most challenging part of cultivating vanilla. Because, you have little time between the morning and the early afternoon to do this. Imagine growing vanilla commercially and wonder how many flowers one has to handle.

[@trazcotraz2798]

one of the best explanation in slow-motion ever!!!! THANK YOU!!!!

[@MyGreenPets]

thanks!

[@graceplants5884]

Just like the others this video was the best I have seen. My vanilla orchid bloomed for the first time today after babying it for about 3 years. I don't know yet if I was successful but we will soon see. If not, I will keep trying. Thanks again for such a clear to understand video

[@MyGreenPets]

Good luck~!

[@porkfied]

Same here,first time pollinating I was nervous about getting it right,but I think I did one right and one today,cannot wait for vanilla.Its too expensive to buy.

[@JohnJSwain]

I had 80 flowers this year. Last year I had maybe 20 or so. So far I have about 5 or so successful pollinations. None last year. Thanks for the great close up video!

[@MyGreenPets]

This should put you on the right track for lots more pods!

[@adelabryant5261]

This morning was my first try at manually pollinating the Pampona orchid. Hands down your video is the best one out there for manual pollination.

[@MyGreenPets]

hope it works for you!!

[@goingnatural4022]

BY far, the best video on how to POLLINATE Vanilla Beans. short, sweet and straight to the point.

[@MyGreenPets]

Go make lots of vanilla!

[@goingnatural4022]

send me a cutting or some seeds :)

[@karensaunders1832]

Thank you for such a great video, I have finally managed to pollinate my Vanilla after failing for the last four years! So excited to see some pods developing! Thank You!

[@desertedenblooms]

congrats!

[@siuealangi9624]

So far the best video on pollinating vanilla I've seen. Thank you for sharing.

[@MyGreenPets]

Hope it helped!

[@siuealangi9624]

I'm planning on planting some so I'm learning as much as I can about all levels of the plants. I know your information will help a lot. Thank you.

[@hshandmakes]

oh this is going to be saved! i love how simply and clearly you explained. thank you

[@MyGreenPets]

Glad it was helpful!

[@birgitsophiemetzger9781]

Thank you so much for this explanation. I wai ted about ten years to have flowers on my vanilla plant wich grows in my living room and today I tried to pollinate it with your help!!!!! I hope it worked!

[@MyGreenPets]

i hope so too. good luck!

[@goddog47]

Attempting to pollinate my first flower today!!!! I am starting a commercial Vanilla plantation and can't wait to be my own boss and be a quality Vanilla supplier, thankyou for this video, Subbed!

[@MyGreenPets]

let me know if you need a partner!

[@honeybeesmakegravy]

How did that business go lads

[@michaeltichael]

This video has such clear instructions. Well done on a great video. Couldn't have been better.

[@MyGreenPets]

:)

[@kadijahassanali9613]

The best explanation I've seen by far...clear, simple and to the point...thank you!

[@MyGreenPets]

thank you!!

[@ma22ynutcase]

So simple yet helpful. I've watched so many videos but you told me exactly what I needed

[@BrownThumbs]

That's awesome! I've never seen how a Vanilla planifolia was pollinated. Can't believe it's still done by hand. Great video & be sure to update us on the journey to the 'vanilla bean' & thanks.

[@leah_cooks_and_crafts]

The best video I’ve seen . Today after 4 years I pollinated my vanilla plant

[@MyGreenPets]

Best of luck, I hope you will come back and let me know about the pods you get!

[@leah_cooks_and_crafts]

I sure will . Too bad I can’t post pictures. Do you have Instagram or Facebook

[@Mahadevan760]

Very ,very ,interesting!!!!!I did not know this .I have a couple of creepers, and just now, a couple of minutes ago, someone told me this is a Vanilla creeper !!!! So I browsed through KZbin, and voila !!!! I saw your video ..I live in very, very hot, and tropical place of the world,, in south India, Asia. The heat now, is unbelievable, so I will move these creepers into the shade, water them sparingly,, and change their soil to a coco peat, and bark variety, thank you, very much

[@handover6109]

Thank you! I've watched other films about pollinating vanilla, but this one actually shows exactly what has to be done and exactly how to do it.

[@MyGreenPets]

glad to help! enjoy your vanilla pods!

[@resonantdave]

One of the coolest people ever.

[@MyGreenPets]

Kind words David, thank you!!

[@kamugiizimuzolewa257]

Many thanks for sharing with us such useful information especially us, who have just entered into vanilla growing. Cheers from Uganda

[@MyGreenPets]

Wishing you much success! Please send me some of your finished vanilla product :)

[@johnporter6975]

You explain it way better than the other videos. thank you!

[@MyGreenPets]

Glad it was helpful!

[@indoororchidsandtropicals358]

Oh bless your heart for showing the little spikes and little buds. I was up on the ladder looking at this strange looking growth that looks a bit like a flat leaf..which could be a new shoot..can't get close enough to get a good look, but I'm hoping. I've been waiting two years and this spring we got a man to pull back the shade cloth for us to increase the light and my fingers are crossed, but I'm thinking I will have to wait another year.

[@MyGreenPets]

Hopefully you'll get it in the spring!!

[@swleonhard]

Excellent mate. I really appreciate your video on vanilla pollination. I actually learnt a great deal here and will be able to help my people at home who are planting vanilla as a sustainable cash income source. I have always had the question of how vanilla is pollinated and I got it now...many thanks and cheers.

[@MyGreenPets]

You're welcome and good luck...I would love to do another video on the curing process, but I need to see it first!

[@suzannegee8284]

Thanks for your very clear video. I just pollinated two flowers after waiting for 3 years...keeping my fingers crossed!

[@MyGreenPets]

Good luck! Once you get the mechanics right, the pollination isn't hard at all. Hope you get lots of pods!

[@suzannegee8284]

Looks like 8 of the 13 flowers I pollinated were successful. Probably would have had more had I not missed a few days of checking for flowers. That process was easy, now I think the hard part will be the curing process.

[@MyGreenPets]

Great news! Thanks for following up. Let me know how the curing process goes.

[@TheJakaranda]

+Suzanne Gee Hi Suzanne! My vanilla vine is going to open first flower! Do you think it's worth it to pollinate? Was it successful- the curing process? I know it's hard )

[@suzannegee8284]

Marcy, definitely give it a try. Unfortunately, all of the pods eventually turned black and fell off about a month after pollination. We had an especially hot and rainy summer here in SW Florida so I'm wondering if that was the problem. I successfully rooted a cutting from the mother plant and have another (different species) vanilla vine taking off. Will try again next year.

[@rockstaman1]

Thanks for the info. It just so happens that my vanilla planifolia is budding for its first time after almost 3 years of pampering. Ive seen alot of videos on this but yous is by far the best.

[@MyGreenPets]

I really appreciate that, thank you. I hope to continue making more!

[@karensaunders1832]

Agree this the best video instruction by far!

[@ps-mv3bn]

Very cool! Makes you wonder how this ever happens in the wild. Or how it was figured out that the bean was not pollinated

[@ehcanadianguy27cod31]

2nd this

[@tigertoxins584]

the video quality gets a little blurry at some important steps but you completely made up for it in how well the videos made, super easy to understand. Thank you sir

[@MyGreenPets]

great feedback thanks! glad it was helpful!

[@gordonsmit3396]

Wow,,,That was the best video on that process I've seen. Great job ....Thank you..

[@MyGreenPets]

Thank you, I hope it helps!

[@darrentummon4855]

Where was this video last October. LOL. I mucked up almost all of my hand pollination. I was so bad at this the flowers that I couldn't reach, were more successful at self pollinating. Great little video. Look out this October. LOL

[@MyGreenPets]

good luck!

[@josebenitez3732]

Many thanks, great video. So clear and precise instruction. I've seen several videos, but this one made exceptionally clear.

[@MyGreenPets]

De nada señor! Gracias a Usted!

[@gayathrimahadevan736]

The best ever explanation and detailing. Thankyou so much

[@mattrupp8562]

This is the clearest and best explained example I've seen thank you so much I feel like I actually know what I'm doing now.

[@MyGreenPets]

Glad to hear it! Are you working with vanilla?

[@unconventionalme8048]

Great video!! Simple, straight forward and easy to follow by way of your highlighted arrows

[@MyGreenPets]

Glad you found it easy to follow!

[@alison-b1v]

Thank you for sharing this! I will definitely try this out once my plants are mature!

[@wonderfulmimi28]

Thank you for sharing ! Vanilla is an orchid which grows very easily even where I live in France how cool is it to see the pollination process and slow motion very good

[@MyGreenPets]

Hope you are able to make your own Vanilla beans!

[@wonderfulmimi28]

Who knows what life can bring ah ah I really hope and I think I might well do it as soon as I can 🍀

[@johnbaptistbitamazire8680]

now this is the first clear video i have seen, thanks

[@MyGreenPets]

glad to help!

[@Bhavs62]

Thank you I finally understand what to do with my flowers. Your Video is clear and concise.

[@MyGreenPets]

Good luck making seed pods!

[@JvnbbAi]

Finally got to know how to pollination after so many videos, great video 👏👏👏

[@MyGreenPets]

glad to hear it!

[@brunogiambroni1422]

Thanks so much! My plant just flowered today

[@MyGreenPets]

+Bruno Giambroni Congratulations!

[@P4rk3R1]

Do you need to do so pmethijng special to get flowers?

[@MultiCaymann]

very clear explanation and demonstration. Thankyou

[@porkfied]

Mine have just started to flower after about 3 years I think,I cannot wait to try this,something new to me and pure vanilla is expensive.

[@MyGreenPets]

Good luck!

[@porkfied]

So far now I have 2 that are swelling but lost 3 because I did not do it correctly,thanks so much,I hope I get more flowers too,to get more vanilla bean.

[@ReeNee777]

Did you find a good curing process that was successful? That’s the hard part.

[@porkfied]

@@ReeNee777I did some about 3 out in sun I think until they turned black then put it vodka.I am no expert for sure.

[@Sandvette9]

Note to sportjunky: my vine has been growing straight up the trunk of a guava tree and this year it has flowers growing on different parts of it and it hasn't reached the top yet. That's just one part of it that I can't reach anymore but there are other ends growing on supports that grow to the side, down, and up! I think that's what you were telling me about how they would bloom the best. Thanks again.

[@adeltuskweyamba1196]

This is good, as I'm doing this job in my area of training farmers on vanilla production including pollination I hope will be useful

[@MyGreenPets]

I hope so, thank you!

[@vida-zoe.itamarsantos270]

Very well do e Dan. I have vanilla plantation in my little farm in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Mine is blossoming for the first time. I need to pollinate them. Thank you for teaching me to pollinate. Hugs.

[@MyGreenPets]

You're welcome! I would love to visit!

[@hazelmetes466]

the best detailed filming of the process, very clear and in focus, thank you so much

[@MyGreenPets]

Thank you, I hope it is helpful.

[@StevePorter_au]

As others have said, this is the best video I've seen on how to do this. Well done. It makes you wonder how it gets done in the wild. Apparently there is only one species of bee capable of pollinating vanilla flowers.

[@MyGreenPets]

Glad you found it useful!!

[@beefknuckles]

I had no clue vanilla was even an orchid. This is fascinating

[@MyGreenPets]

The more we learn about nature, the more likely we are to take care of it! Glad you enjoyed!

[@StefanoValerilove-coffee]

Congratulation and thank you for your advice. Happy vanilla growing 😀

[@MyGreenPets]

I hope it was helpful. Thank you!

[@Mwagito398]

Very good lessons; for sure I enjoyed it

[@MyGreenPets]

You saw it here first! :)

[@Mwagito398]

My Green Pets yeah; I want to start investing in this cultivation in Tanzania

[@arsadewa219]

Thank You very much for sharing. Good quality of video and the best tutorial would definitely to make Vanilla sustainable on the Earth.

[@MyGreenPets]

thank you

[@gigifixture8242]

excellent explanation and videography. thanks!

[@MyGreenPets]

😁👍

[@roberthamilton9730]

That was the best video on that process I've seen. Thank you

[@MyGreenPets]

Hope it was of some use to you.

[@TSG1983]

this is very informative video...

[@MyGreenPets]

😁👍

[@thusheelachurchill9775]

Excellent vedio of the pollination, thank you.

[@MyGreenPets]

Thanks for watching!

[@juanitodomigpe7962]

Thanks for sharing. Good day & all the best.

[@MyGreenPets]

Thank you!

[@mfaumeomar6371]

Hi am takucha from kenya Africa.i have started my vanilla garden.along the coast..a mile from indian ocean.hope to share more ideas in futue

[@MyGreenPets]

Good luck!

[@mfaumeomar6371]

Thank you sir

[@CarolEPMc]

I love your video! unfortunately, I think I just screwed up my first ever attempt to hand pollinate my first ever Vanilla orchid blossom (after decades of growing the darn vine!) I wish I had found your video before noon on the first day of bloom :( Thankfully tomorrow is another day! and there are several more bids ready to open :)

[@MyGreenPets]

you'll get it!! good luck and please come back and leave a comment if it works!

[@CarolEPMc]

@@MyGreenPets I will! I have a few buds on 2 different vanilla vines, Im praying not to mess it up!

[@MyGreenPets]

@@CarolEPMc you got this!

[@CarolEPMc]

@@MyGreenPets so, thankfully, I did get 1 big phat gorgeous vanilla pod! I think I may have been too delicate with the pollinating process. Will do better next time:) perhaps due to our climate, the Vanilla pod was ready to pick very quickly. It went from green to yellow looking like a banana, and before I had a chance to take a closer look, it blew off in a storm :( I was heartbroken, couldnt find it for days (oh I looked) and thought perhaps a critter made off with it. Of course, while not looking, it appeared camouflaged in with some leaf litter, It now looks like a brown banana :) Now the big decision, what to do next? TY again for your wonderful video!

[@MyGreenPets]

@@CarolEPMc thanks for reporting back!! as for how to cure and prepare vanilla for use in the kitchen, that is another person's expertise!

[@desertedenblooms]

Excellent video. Well done. Thank you.

[@clarissabermudez]

This is an AMAZING video!! ❤❤❤ thank you so much ❤❤❤ I can’t wait

[@DiscoverHareKrishna]

Tq so much. Clear and easy to understand video

[@MyGreenPets]

If you produce any vanilla, please send me some ! :)

[@MariaDominguez-bl1ef]

Thank you! This was great information I just tried it. Hopefully I did it correctly. Do you know if it works in the afternoon please if the flower is still open?

[@MyGreenPets]

i don't know, you'll have to let me know if it works!

[@oscar86456]

Thanks a lot for sharing this information.

[@gabrieldorfman8021]

Wonderful video, thank you very much for the clear explanation.

[@MyGreenPets]

Glad it was helpful.

[@growpuravida]

Thank you so much, agree with the previous commenters, this is the best vanilla pollinating video out there! 💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽 subscribing to your channel! ✌🏽

[@MyGreenPets]

😄💚

[@ggagle]

Excellent explanation, very well done!

[@MyGreenPets]

Glad it was useful!

[@Sky-hz1cc]

Very helpful and clear. Thanks so much!

[@MyGreenPets]

Enjoy!

[@EnvyMcKee]

Thank you so abundantly for this insight. You explained the process awesomely. I get it now! Woop!

[@intanabudabi4352]

Envy McKee i

[@ablackwomanspointofviewl.l7007]

thank you that was a great example

[@MyGreenPets]

Glad you found it useful.

[@noneyobusiness6582]

How did you build your green house for your vanilla plants. I live in utah with heavy winds at times. I could do the hydroponic and the geothermal for the growth of the plants. However I need to know first what I should do the the green house to be stable enough to with stand the winds and the winter snow.

[@MyGreenPets]

This was the greenhouse at the Western Kentucky Botanical Garden, you could probably contact them about it.

[@williamtehero8720]

Hi. Got my First Beans thanks to you. Do you have a processing video? Thanks!

[@MyGreenPets]

i don't! there are some descriptions of the process out there, but i don't know the details! never tried it!

[@williamtehero8720]

@@MyGreenPets OK, thanks for replying. Take care. BTW your pollination video is the best!!

[@cyberianmanx1]

Wonderful and informative. I am gonna give this a whirl.

[@MyGreenPets]

Apparently we are heading into a vanilla shortage - make all you can! :)

[@paul4657]

good, can we cross pollinate from different flowers.

[@Sandvette9]

Thanks for the encouragement. I'm pretty sure the flap was folded over the right way. I wish I could post a picture of my crazy vines. They are all over the place. I'm on Facebook as Sandra L. Harvey and I have some pictures there if you are curious. I'll let you know what happens.

[@jeanniespeakman600]

Oh so wonderfully clear and detailed....and finally I can pollinate my plant. Does the flower appear suddenly in one day, or can you see the flower start to form. The reason I'm asking Is that today I saw a flower on my plant but it does not look like it' perfectly formed yet. I will check it in the morning to see if it's completely blossomed...I hope I didn't miss it. My one and only other flower about three years ago did not make a bean. I see some other blossoms forming so I will be sure to be hovering around them the next few days....thank you!

[@MyGreenPets]

The buds develop for a month or so before they pop open. Good luck!

[@celestest.pierre9418]

Ah, I see now. Looks easy. Mine just flowered for the first time. One thing, it's a seed pod, not a bean. As an orchid grower, you should make that clear for those who don't know.

[@6botty]

Bees are amazing😮

[@broisetech]

🔥 video love the full explanation

[@Mehedi788]

Thank you for sharing this!

[@shirleyempeigne7695]

Thanks, I just have 2 flowers forming first time, am so excited. When it opens I’ll do like you showed. Have subscribe, ill let you know how I went. I know ill learn a lot from you, thanks for sharing.

[@MyGreenPets]

congratulations on the blooms, good luck!

[@carnivalwrestler]

Excellent explanation, thank you!

[@MyGreenPets]

thanks and good luck!

[@mrirsan4041]

Thank you for your explanation

[@MyGreenPets]

Hope it was helpful.

[@SK-he5yj]

Wonderful video. Thank you!

[@MyGreenPets]

Thank you for watching :)

[@dancap1985]

Now i know.very clear information

[@everetteallen3156]

Great info!! Thank you for sharing.

[@MyGreenPets]

no problem! hope it helps.

[@elisabethclancy3949]

It will be growing in my house . Is it ok to put them outside in the summer? This is my first try at this . I was saying starter plant as one that didn’t cost a lot of money . Just in case I didn’t keep it living,lol. I will also wait until the weather is not freezing to order it . Any advice you can offer I would be grateful for . Thank you

[@MyGreenPets]

I think your best bet would be to find a local or nearby orchid society and ask around. I would expect that there are members who have vanilla plants who would either sell you a small piece, or tell you where you could find one.

[@lauramacneil1742]

excellent - now I understand how it's done. Where do you grow your vanilla?

[@sherlock8091]

Can I have a permission to use this video beautiful process of vanilla pollination

[@MyGreenPets]

send an email to [e-mail]

[@iosephvscarrizozae7887]

How big must the plant grow to have the first flowers? Is it true that 10 ft length is considered flowering size?

[@MyGreenPets]

not necessarily, but that is a good general rule. sunlight is very important.

[@cindymorales6819]

How do you get the flowers? It needs to be pollinated to get the flowers to begin with. Nice video but sadly I don’t have any flowers

[@MyGreenPets]

The plant needs very high light and needs to be very large before it will bloom.

[@amalthankachan1998]

Very useful video, thanks man

[@MyGreenPets]

I'm glad!

[@amalthankachan1998]

Next time please upload the video about how to harvest vanilla bean

[@MyGreenPets]

@@amalthankachan1998 i do not know this 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@amalthankachan1998]

@@MyGreenPets 😃

[@jo3103]

So cool, thank you for the great video and explanation!

[@MyGreenPets]

My pleasure!

[@hunterjoe8024]

how do you make the beans turn green to black?

[@MyGreenPets]

hunter joe There is a long curing process, but I don't know how exactly it is done.

[@Sandvette9]

To My Green Pets: at last count I have 24 vanilla pods thanks to your wonderful instructions. Now I have to review the next steps!Do you have any tips on keeping them growing on the vines? I know I have to make sure they get a lot of water since it's been dry the last week or so.

[@MyGreenPets]

+Sandra Harvey Wonderful news! I cannot help you from this point, I can only suggest you keep the plant well-watered and wait for the pods to mature. Maybe you can continue this video with the part 2: how to cure vanilla pods! I await your progress! :)

[@porkfied]

Sandra do you use fertilizer for orchids,because I have some that are budding now after about three years,I just fertilized to increase flowering,I hope .Thanks to the man that thought of us and did this video.

[@TobinOsusky]

so helpful! thank you

[@elisabethclancy3949]

Thank you for teaching me something new . I want to try this . What is the name of a good starter plant .One that is not $$$$ . Wish me luck .

[@MyGreenPets]

I'm not sure what you mean by a good starter plant. Are you looking for a vanilla plant?

[@gn6300]

Wow! That was informative and to the point. Thank you :)

[@MyGreenPets]

Glad you enjoyed.

[@ti-nu4ou]

Cool! Do vanilla orchid self compatible?