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<blockquote>Vulcans mate normally any time they want to. However, every seven years you do the ritual, the ceremony, the whole thing. The biological urge. You must, but any other time is any other emotion—humanoid emotion—when you're in love. When you want to, you know when the urge is there, you do it. This every-seven-years business was taken too literally by too many people who don't stop and understand. We didn't mean it only every seven years. I mean, every seven years would be a little bad, and it would not explain the Vulcans of many different ages which are not seven years apart.<ref>[[D. C. Fontana|Dorothy C. Fontana]], Edward Gross, Mark E. Altman, ''Captains' Logs: The Unauthorized Complete Trek Voyages'', Little Brown & Co, 1995. p. 53</ref></blockquote>
Vulcans not only are able to mate outside pon farr, they are also able to mate with species other than Vulcan: e.g., in ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series]]'', Spock's parents are [[List of Star Trek characters (G–M)#Amanda Grayson|human]]/[[Sarek|vulcan]] couple;
Vulcans consider pon farr to be a deeply private matter, and the mere mention of it to other species is almost taboo. Even discussing pon farr with other Vulcans is discouraged, to the point where physicians (Vulcan or otherwise) would falsify a diagnosis in order to protect their patients' privacy. As such, literature on the subject is virtually nonexistent, in stark contrast to the Vulcan's normally logical and scientifically dispassionate view of any other biological functions.
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