Hand pollinating a vanilla orchid

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  • Опубліковано 8 січ 2013
  • Pollinating a vanilla flower by hand ain't easy. Ndali took Ben & Jerry's to meet our farmers during vanilla harvest. Sasu, Ndali's Fairtrade and Organic Field Officer shows us how its done.

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  • @PictureMaria1
    @PictureMaria1 5 років тому +12

    Amazing video...my vanilla orchid has bloomed for the very first time and I will be attempting to pollinate it and capture it on one of my videos. I am hoping that I have better luck than the host on this video...LOL!!!

  • @gergelynagyfugedi6864
    @gergelynagyfugedi6864 10 років тому +21

    Yes, lol! :) Where they grow vanilla: mentioned once, where the kid is from: mentioned 6 times.

  • @tohopes
    @tohopes 6 років тому +19

    Every time he fucks up a flower that's a bean that could have eventually been sold for $10 - $20 to the end user.

  • @amra8424
    @amra8424 4 роки тому +4

    The best visual description I've seen of hand pollination so far.

  • @mrkofi105
    @mrkofi105 9 років тому +6

    Chris, that was nice! I am from Ghana, but lived in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. Makes you appreciate the work people put into the things we enjoy. You should have ask the girl if she has ever had ice cream?!

  • @Vimlan123
    @Vimlan123 Рік тому +4

    Hey chris....the bee that pollinates vanilla flowers is called melipone and it's only found in Mexico therefore vanilla farmers in the rest of the world have to hand pollinate hence the high price....similar to saffron. ..they are both the most expensive spice in the world

    • @ndalivanilla1
      @ndalivanilla1  11 місяців тому

      hey there, a variety of this same stingless bee is found in Uganda too

  • @eddo2001
    @eddo2001 Рік тому +1

    Somebody should mention that it was the Mayans who discovered Vanilla, and it was a poor French African slave named Edmond Albius who discovered this very technique in the video on how to pollinate by hand, 300 years after Europeans 'discovered' the plant yet never figured it out. Albius died in poverty and was forgotten.

  • @elosmilealways
    @elosmilealways 2 роки тому +2

    Vanilla another beautiful and delicious plant native to Mexico❤

  • @renanmiranda3531
    @renanmiranda3531 7 років тому +11

    Where the guy in the video is from?

  • @nicuursulean7676
    @nicuursulean7676 5 років тому +2

    really inspiring, greetings from Cluj-Napoca, Romania

    • @sanjibakri5015
      @sanjibakri5015 3 роки тому

      There's plenty of vanilla in this indonesi no sya 081317811629

  • @life.is.an.artjohnson5239
    @life.is.an.artjohnson5239 11 років тому +30

    Did he mention he was from Brooklyn?

  • @Peresphone
    @Peresphone Рік тому

    thank you Edmond Albius, another story of an African person heavily impacting the world! He created the vanilla hand pollination method :)

  • @scottmataya7057
    @scottmataya7057 Рік тому +3

    "Is that a big deal around here, to send you kids to school?", he asks one of the women... as if there's any answer other than "Yes". Later he has the gall to ask an experienced farmer if he (the farmer) understands how time-consuming it is to hand pollinate EVERY vanilla pod. Seeing as how that's the ONLY way they get a crop yield, I already knew that it was time-consuming because I'd just watched it on this video, and the farmer DEFINITELY knew because, well, he's the farmer doing that day in day out. That leaves just one ignoramus: Brooklyn-dufus Chris.He finishes with, "So if you guys had me working on this farm, you wouldn't make any money...", they laugh politely after having watched him "try" to hand pollinate a half dozen pods with little to no care. A lot of ignorant questions asked by an ignorant interviewer... in my humble opinion. LOL, just noticed it was posted nearly a decade ago - teaches me to better check the dates

    • @mistaowickkuh6249
      @mistaowickkuh6249 Рік тому

      I feel you. They would have to force me and tell me it's okay 10 times at least before I even thought about touching any of the flowers, let alone attempting the process. I wouldn't even presume to do that out of sheer respect to people's labour. Who knows perhaps that's the case here and all the cringe cuts are just for dramatic effect? I'd like to imagine it that way.

  • @jacobeksor6088
    @jacobeksor6088 6 років тому +2

    This is amazing I haven’t seen vanilla before .

  • @janbutis4lioness
    @janbutis4lioness 9 років тому +4

    Amazing and time consuming of polinating every single Vanilla flowers. Surely there are some tiny bees that can do it. Well we have our native bees in the Solomon Islands that does polinate alot of our plants and they are growing Vanilla plants as well and its growing very well too.

  • @jeannenewby6063
    @jeannenewby6063 8 років тому +5

    You need to investigate Vanilla Production in Madascar - the farmers are not making a profit (due to synthetic production of vanilla elsewhere) :(. Very informative. Thank you.

    • @dianabonier9011
      @dianabonier9011 5 років тому +2

      Madagascar vanila i controlled by france. French have factory there and pay the farmrs 1 euro a day. Control their price globally!

  • @SHARONSHORTOrchidsandGarden
    @SHARONSHORTOrchidsandGarden 8 років тому +1

    Thanks for sharing and happy growing.

  • @I.amthatrealJuan
    @I.amthatrealJuan 4 роки тому +2

    2:37 That guide thought "this guy is dumb" and low key showed it

  • @nasheemmohamed5653
    @nasheemmohamed5653 2 роки тому

    His face when you picked up that flower

  • @mrsseasea
    @mrsseasea 6 років тому

    This video can echo...for every foreign food exported! Thank you!

    • @sanjibakri5015
      @sanjibakri5015 3 роки тому

      There's plenty of vanilla in this indonesi no sya 081317811629

  • @anthonyrymer4391
    @anthonyrymer4391 8 років тому +4

    This is amazing, can't believe what goes into making vanilla ice cream.

  • @awar5480
    @awar5480 11 років тому

    Love it!

  • @jessemartinez6781
    @jessemartinez6781 3 роки тому

    Lucky for me I am in Mexico 😀 hello easy money !!

  • @Gustava10
    @Gustava10 2 роки тому

    2:02 he's like "shut up already white man😑"

  • @its_just_seb
    @its_just_seb 2 роки тому +1

    I sure hope these people were additionally compensated for their time and appearance in the video, as well as the loss taken from the destroyed flowers

  • @VanessaKimbell
    @VanessaKimbell 11 років тому +2

    I was there in June last year. I will never use anything but Ndali. It's utterly delicious, wonderfully dark, rich and smokey, with caramel tones.
    Brilliant film. You caught so much of it. If you check out goddess on a budget blog you can find details about my trip and recordings for BBC Radio 4 food programme.

  • @honorinerochart4362
    @honorinerochart4362 Рік тому

    Je vous remercie pour vos vidéos. J'ai un seul pied de vanille et j'ai pu fécondé mes premières fleurs après sept ans

  • @solfeinberg437
    @solfeinberg437 6 років тому +1

    Maybe they could directly encourage those bees. Bring them in, with little bee houses, and maybe plant other plants they like, intermittent with the vanilla?

  • @michaellh04
    @michaellh04 2 роки тому

    I see the broken 💔 over those lost beans

  • @solfeinberg437
    @solfeinberg437 6 років тому

    Is there a discussion of what each bean costs? I'm thinking several dollars for each bean pod, on our end. I'm also thinking the entire pod is edible.

  • @dixonmulula2063
    @dixonmulula2063 5 років тому

    Thanks I see how to pollinate the vanilla

  • @freddyt55555
    @freddyt55555 9 років тому +5

    The flowers are essentially being self-pollinated. I wonder what kind of implications it has in genetic diversity.

    • @sportjunky4371
      @sportjunky4371 9 років тому +3

      ft55555 Not good implications i can imagine but hey thats agriculture for you. Its why the banana's we buy in shops nowadays have sterile seeds.

    • @tohopes
      @tohopes 6 років тому +3

      It doesn't matter because we eat all the seeds as vanilla spice anyway. They're not going to be planted.

  • @budysupriyono4132
    @budysupriyono4132 4 роки тому

    Nice bro. 👍

  • @arcforable
    @arcforable Рік тому

    Where’s he from again? he didn’t mention it enough

  • @onepus1887
    @onepus1887 8 місяців тому

    👍

  • @matthiasschulze393
    @matthiasschulze393 11 років тому +5

    ok so what are the numbers? how much money does BJ give for vanilla

    • @sanjibakri5015
      @sanjibakri5015 3 роки тому

      There's plenty of vanilla in this indonesi no sya 081317811629

  • @maxali5320
    @maxali5320 5 років тому +2

    The vanilla is 100% Mexican is a gift that my country gave to the world stop saying that is from other parts of the world,vanilla chocolate ,tomatoes,avocado among other gifts from nature.

  • @roymarsh8077
    @roymarsh8077 10 років тому

    I did a quick search and found the Mobuku Vanilla Farmers’ Association in the mountainous west of Uganda (short article on the FairTrade Web site). It's so labour intensive I wonder how much they end up getting paid. Steady income though.

  • @potatopotatoeOG
    @potatopotatoeOG 2 роки тому

    Okay thumbnail 😏☺

  • @MsTokies
    @MsTokies 11 років тому

    Ben and Jerry rocks

  • @muhammadhussinamran1016
    @muhammadhussinamran1016 3 роки тому

    No, now this is where vibranium hidden.

  • @frederikc_
    @frederikc_ 2 роки тому

    Ben and Jerry's use synthetic vanilla ...

  • @solfeinberg437
    @solfeinberg437 6 років тому +1

    0:18 Is she wearing a Furious George shirt? As in the ultimate team?

  • @MonnyYell
    @MonnyYell 5 років тому +1

    edmond albius created the process

    • @lyndashericia85
      @lyndashericia85 5 років тому

      And died penniless. What a shame these greedy colonizers were

  • @robr4607
    @robr4607 6 років тому

    enjoy

  • @menantibintang
    @menantibintang 2 роки тому

    salam kenal

  • @tatianeac2258
    @tatianeac2258 5 років тому +1

    os colhedores ganham uma miséria enquanto os requintados restaurantes, lucram com a baunilha.

    • @arletesoares4062
      @arletesoares4062 3 роки тому

      Desse jeito, muita exploração com os produtores infelizmente

  • @dg-hughes
    @dg-hughes 6 років тому

    Only 10 million more flowers to go.

  • @jongumuzijndebele1022
    @jongumuzijndebele1022 5 років тому +1

    you killed six plants you better pay!

    • @lauratreasures3816
      @lauratreasures3816 5 років тому +1

      He didn't kill 6 plants. Just 5 or 6 flowers. Big different between 1 flower (which equals 1 bean) and a whole plant. Still cringe worthy though.

  • @BlahBlah-xz2cc
    @BlahBlah-xz2cc 9 років тому +1

    Fair pay? wtf? Thats nothing like Modern-American Agriculture. Makes me feel good to see a company doing the right thing for once.

  • @dkgonzal
    @dkgonzal 10 років тому

    ommm

  • @ciceroaraujo5183
    @ciceroaraujo5183 5 років тому

    Whats the specie of bee that does the polination

  • @georgewashington8338
    @georgewashington8338 10 років тому +8

    You mean you're teaching people that the world is vastly unfair and that food actually comes from plants????

    • @endor8witch
      @endor8witch 6 років тому

      it's worth reminding.

    • @Mutlap
      @Mutlap 6 років тому

      unfair, other people have more, than you. are you better because you don't have more than others

  • @dkgonzal
    @dkgonzal 11 років тому

    I came to learn! but I did not...

  • @johnpublic3077
    @johnpublic3077 11 років тому +1

    Ben and Jerry's vanilla tastes like nothing.

  • @riseafricanyouthorganizati1797
    @riseafricanyouthorganizati1797 3 роки тому

    🤣🤣🤣🤣♥️♥️

  • @ppmobile6252
    @ppmobile6252 3 роки тому

    Hello boss could you send vanilla to me, i need plant it, i in laos

  • @assasin101011
    @assasin101011 5 років тому +2

    "fair trade" so funny! ha ha ha!

    • @rochellebaldecir8375
      @rochellebaldecir8375 4 роки тому

      Blank Garcia people work hard to get vanilla, so in turn, they get a good amount of money

  • @0i0eYeZonYoU0i0
    @0i0eYeZonYoU0i0 7 років тому

    I wonder if they ever tasted Vanilla Icecream.

  • @dudefacial
    @dudefacial 3 роки тому

    Hah I’m going to be that guy who thinks this host is horrible. He literally asked the people who do it every single day if they know how time consuming it is! 🤦🏻‍♂️

  • @21boxhead
    @21boxhead 8 років тому +6

    Vanilla originates from Mexico not Africa

    • @frankielofaro4778
      @frankielofaro4778 7 років тому +2

      that's why they need to hand pollinate them, because the pollinator does not live there.

    • @brightstarlavandula3028
      @brightstarlavandula3028 6 років тому

      I guess, vanilla origin from southeast asia... Surely...

    • @tohopes
      @tohopes 6 років тому +2

      Things from Africa come to America and things from America come to Africa.. such is the story of the world. Used to be that Africa and South America were one landmass. Many closely related species native to both continents.

    • @maxali5320
      @maxali5320 5 років тому

      tohopes vanilla originated after the separation of the continents in what is now México study a little bit ,go to Wikipedia before you talk.

    • @lauratreasures3816
      @lauratreasures3816 5 років тому +2

      They never claimed they originated from Africa.

  • @spring291
    @spring291 10 років тому

    empty your mind dude!!!

  • @fulbertoferrari1599
    @fulbertoferrari1599 5 років тому

    Do you know da wey?

  • @nickeshamontoute2045
    @nickeshamontoute2045 2 роки тому

    Did you really ask is it a big deal to send your children to school ? What type of question is that?

  • @bubbagump1306
    @bubbagump1306 4 роки тому

    Is that a big deal to send your kids to school? Umm, duhhh.

  • @dianabonier9011
    @dianabonier9011 5 років тому +1

    American propaganda, fair price???? Madagascar is strugglong their vanilas are controled by french nd the farmers are paid 1 euro per day!

    • @marginelouis6674
      @marginelouis6674 5 років тому

      this is uganda. Ben and jerry's is american. What does this have to do with france and madagascar?

    • @dianabonier9011
      @dianabonier9011 5 років тому

      @@marginelouis6674 did you watch the video stupid ass? Its about fair trade with American ice cr3am companies in which case its not fair. They are under paid.