Can you name this plant?

[LastManStanding]

Took this photo last year. It's much bigger now, I must check it out later this week.
Can you identify it?

 

[Sass Muffin]

Looks to be a creeping succulent of some type.

 

[LastManStanding]

Looks to be a creeping succulent of some type.

It's a creeper, you may not identify it at once, but I'm very very sure you know its "produce," and most probably you love it.

 

[QSis]

Pretty sure I know what it is, but I cheated, using Google lens on your image.

Yes, I love it!

Lee

 

[LastManStanding]

Pretty sure I know what it is, but I cheated, using Google lens on your image.

Yes, I love it!

Lee

I doubted anyone would Google it. Lol.
Let's see if anyone else knows it. Answer coming in after 12 hours

 

[Sass Muffin]

I'll wait for the answer lol

 

[LastManStanding]

It's answer time.
It's a vanilla plant

 

[QSis]

It's answer time.
It's a vanilla plant

YUP!

Thanks for posting, LastMan! I've never seen vanilla in the wild!

Lee

 

[LastManStanding]

YUP!

Thanks for posting, LastMan! I've never seen vanilla in the wild!

Lee

I'll post photos with actual vanilla beans before harvesting. They're at home. I'm currently in another area. Will take photos when I go back, hopefully next week.
It's a popular cultivation in my area - Kandy district, in the central province of Sri Lanka.

 

[Cooksie]

I'll post photos with actual vanilla beans before harvesting. They're at home. I'm currently in another area. Will take photos when I go back, hopefully next week.
It's a popular cultivation in my area - Kandy district, in the central province of Sri Lanka.

I'm curious to see if they grow in green and then have to be dried or whatever. I'm a plant person, so I love this kind of stuff.

 

[LastManStanding]

I'm curious to see if they grow in green and then have to be dried or whatever. I'm a plant person, so I love this kind of stuff.

It is green. It turns to a slightly yellowish green when ripe, and the end of the bean splits a tiny bit. Then it's harvested and cured.
Curing vanilla is a lengthy process which is done only by experienced curers. Else it turns to just a stick.
Immediately after picking them, within hours, it should be "killed" and then curing begins.
We don't cure them. We only sell them to whole salers who then do the rest.
Curing adds great value to it. Raw vanilla is bought for around 30USD per kilo, and after curing it's sold at anywhere between 200 - 300 USD approximately, depending on the grade. That's how much value is added.