[edit] Uses Further information: Vanilla Vanilla fruits drying One orchid genus, Vanilla, is commercially important, used as a foodstuff flavouring. The underground tubers of terrestrial orchids (mainly Or[...]

Orchidaceae (or Orchid family) is the largest family of the flowering plants (Angiospermae).[1][2] Its name is derived from the genus Orchis. The Royal Botanical Gardens of Kew list 880 genera and nearly 2[...]