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Edmond Albius (c. 1829 – 9 August 1880) [1] was a horticulturalist from Réunion.Born into slavery, Albius became an important figure in the cultivation of vanilla. [2] At the age of 12, he invented a technique for pollinating vanilla orchids quickly and profitably.
Vanilla planifolia, flower Dried vanilla beans. Vanilla is a spice derived from orchids of the genus Vanilla, primarily obtained from pods of the flat-leaved vanilla (V. planifolia). [1] Vanilla is not autogamous, so pollination is required to make the plants produce the fruit from which the vanilla spice is obtained. [2]
Dream Whip is a brand of whipped topping mix that is mixed with milk and vanilla to make a whipped dessert topping, [2] currently owned by the Kraft Heinz company.. Dream Whip was developed and released by the General Foods Corporation in 1957, [3] as one of its convenience products that flooded the market by that time.
Image credits: weird_hist Rosalind Jana described it best, when they wrote the following for the BBC: “On a sweltering summer's day in July 1518 a woman called Frau Troffea steps into a square ...
Vanilla plantations require trees for the orchids to climb and anchor by its roots. [9] The fruit is termed "vanilla bean", though true beans are fabaceous eudicots not at all closely related to orchids. Rather, the vanilla fruit is technically an elongate, fleshy and later dehiscent capsule 10–20 cm long. It ripens gradually for 8 to 9 ...
Vanilla extract, a solution containing the flavor compound vanillin as the primary ingredient Vanilla (genus) , a genus of orchids Vanilla planifolia , the species which is the primary source of natural vanilla flavoring
One of the shortest-lived states in history, it was independent for only seven hours (07:00 to 14:00 on 19 September 1967). Socotra: A Yemeni island that is geographically part of Africa, and is known as "the most alien-looking place on Earth" due to its strange flora. This includes the "dragon blood tree" and a tree which produces cucumbers.
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