Edmond Albius (c. 1829 – 9 August 1880)[1] was a horticulturalist from Réunion. Born into slavery, Albius became an important figure in the cultivation of vanilla.[2] At the age of 12, he invented a technique for pollinating vanilla orchids quickly and profitably. Albius's technique revolutionized the cultivation of vanilla and made it possible to profitably grow Vanilla planifolia away from its native habitat (Mexico to Brazil[3]).
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EdmondAlbius (c. 1829 – 9 August 1880) was a horticulturalist from Réunion. Born into slavery, Albius became an important figure in the cultivation of...
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2010) portrays multiple voices (Ambroise Vollard, Jeanne Duval and EdmondAlbius) and embraces the contradictions and complexity of French national identity...
commercially. In 1841, a 12-year-old French-owned slave by the name of EdmondAlbius, who lived on Île Bourbon, discovered the plant could be hand pollinated...
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