Vanilla pilifera is a species of vanilla orchid. It is native to Southeast Asia.
Vanilla pilifera is found only in Malay Peninsula and peninsular Thailand. Vanilla pilifera is cultivated at the Hortus Botanicus in Leiden. Scattered in dry evergreen forest.
Monopodial terrestrial climbing orchid, stem and leaves succulent, rooting from node, internode 7âÂÂ10 cm. Leaves thick, oblong, 10âÂÂ14 cm; apex acute; base obtuse; petioles 1âÂÂ1.5 cm. Inflorescences arise from node, ca 5 cm. long, with 6âÂÂ12 flowers; bracts 0.5âÂÂ1 cm. long; pedicels 5âÂÂ6 cm long. Sepal 3, free, oblong-lanceolate, greenish, shiny, 3âÂÂ3.4 cm long. Lateral petals similar to sepals; labellum whitish pink with dark purple veins inside, ca 3 cm long with appendage hairs at apex down to the mouth close to 8âÂÂ10 scales of brush, hairs ca 0.5 cm long; lower inside in front column dark red; column 1âÂÂ1.8 cm long, most part connate to labellum; operculum green.