Vanilla pilifera is found only in Malay Peninsula and peninsular Thailand.

Vanilla pilifera is cultivated at the Hortus Botanicus in Leiden.

Monopodial terrestrial climbing orchid, stem and leaves succulent, rooting from node, internode 7–10 cm.

Sepal 3, free, oblong-lanceolate, greenish, shiny, 3–3.4 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 8–10 scales of brush, hairs ca 0.5 cm long; lower inside in front column dark red; column 1–1.8 cm long, most part connate to labellum; operculum green.