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spc476 on June 23, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: One Island Grows 80% of the World’s Vanilla

Florida has a few native species of the vanilla orchid: https://www.fairchildgarden.org/Events-Community-Outreach/Ev...

If it weren't for the pollination issue, I would suspect that Florida might have been a natural place to produce vanilla beans.

chii on June 23, 2018 [–]

i wonder if pollination can be achieved by autonomous drones specifically designed for it?

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