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The story of Mexican vanilla history  begins in the lush, humid forests of modern-day Veracruz, especially around Papantla. Here, wild vines of Vanilla planifolia  climbed trees and flowered briefly each year. Long before European contact, the Totonac people tended these orchids within their forest gardens, weaving the plant into daily life and spiritual practice. That early intimacy with the orchid turned a delicate flower into a regional identity — one so strong that Papant