I'm growing it. The vine is very young still, so no orchids, but so far so good! I've keep a number of other orchids alive here so that prompted me to step up my game and try vanilla. It's growing up a palm that is right near my balcony, so as it gets old enough to start putting out flowers/pods, it will be right near where I can lean over and pick them off easily. The base is in a nice rich soil with plenty of coconut husk mulch, shady at the bottom and partially shady as it goes up. So we'll see how it does. Other orchids seem to like the area.