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

Florida has a few native species of the vanilla orchid: https://www.fairchildgarden.org/Events-Community-Outreach/Events-Details/the-florida-vanilla-vine-a-big-climbing-orchid-1 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.