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Sunday, July 20, 2014

PANILI : PART 1

Do you like vanilla ice or vanilla fragrance for your parfume?
Oh... of course...
I will share you  about Panili or vanilla (Vanilla planifolia Andrews) as a Monthly Series for this month.
Hope you all will enjoy it.


In Indonesia this plant is called panili.
Actually vanilla is not originated from Indonesia, but it's came from Mexico.
This plant grow well on the wet tropical forest.
Vanilla was arrived in Indonesia at 1819 by a botanist called Marchal.
This plant first was planted on Bogor Botanical Garden, West Java.
Then vanilla was grown in some places on Java, Sumatera and Bali, and mostly in Java.
Vanilla from Java is very popular on the world wide, and it's well known as Java Vanilla Bean.
This vanilla is well known cause contains a high quality vanillin.
Vanillin is a compound that produce the fragrance.
Vanilla is a potential agricultural product, cause the price is so high.
Here, we call it 'Emas Hijau' or green gold.
It's really valuable product.
But it needs special place also special handling to get high quality vanilla bean.
Next, we will talk about the cultivation.
Hope you enjoy this series, and have a fragrant day with my vanilla.

16 comments:

  1. Sama, di sini pun ada orang tanam bagi tujuan komersil..tapi tidak banyak.

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    1. Ya, tanaman ini butuh perawatan intensif dan mudah terserang penyakit, tingkat kegagalannya tinggi, sehingga jarang orang yang menanamnya.

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  2. I love vanilla flavour but as you say it is expensive

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    1. Yes, it needs special handling, and only get fruiting once a year.

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  3. Bu Endah punya pohon vanila? Seperti pohon anggrek ya. Posting yang bagus sekali, :)

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    1. Oh tidak, ini ada di nursery kantor. Tahun 2011 kami buat bibit panili dari stek batang, dan sekarang sudah seperti ini. Waktu itu mau tanam di rumah, tapi sedang direnovasi, jd dipending sampai pekarangan tertata. Agendanya tahun ini mau nanam di pekarangan.

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  4. salam endah,
    this panili plant looks like orchid, right? is it yours? u are so lucky to have a such valuable in your garden..
    hepi iftar

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    1. Salam Ana,
      Yes, they are on the same family. It's not mine. It's on our Seedling Division. We grew it on 2011, actually I wanted to grow it in my garden, but we had house renovation. This year I've planned to grow it on my garden.

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  5. I may like vanilla as much as chocolate, it is so good of flavor. Lucky that you can grow it.

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    1. Yes, I'm so lucky, but so much hard work on growing this plant.

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  6. Vanilla must be one of the worlds most recognised flavours, it's my favourite ice cream flavour.

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    1. Yes, of course. We have so many traditional snacks with vanilla flavor.

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  7. How wonderful is this! I am a huge fan of vanilla and use it a lot in my baking! I can't wait to learn more! Nicole xo

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    1. Thank you Nicole. We usually use vanilla on cooking too. I hope you enjoy this series.

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  8. I love vanilla. I use it so much in my baking and I also enjoy the fragrance in our home. How great that you can grow vanilla! :)

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    1. Thank you Priscilla. An interesting experience on growing vanilla.

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