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uremog | 7 years ago

How did this thing even survive in the wild long enough for humans to discover it?

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Finnucane|7 years ago

It is native to Mexico, where it is pollinated by bees. But the bees only live in Mexico. Everywhere else vanilla is grown, it is pollinated by hand. I think even in Mexico, commercial growers use hand pollination.