Species Orchid, Faham Tea, Fragrant Jumellea

This is an orchid indigenous to the Mascarene Islands in the Indian Ocean, in particular La Réunion. Although it appears to be a protec...Read Moreted species, live specimens can occasionally be found for sale in local markets, but it is usually sold dried in a small packet, along with other local herbs and spices, such as cinnamon leaf, cloves, tonka beans and so on, and is used to flavour the local over-proof rum, whence the drink becomes known as "rhum arrangé".
It imparts a strange and unforgettable taste to the drink. The flowers look like small white narrow-winged moths.