Randia Species, Box Briar, Ink Berry, Steel Wood, White Indigo Berry

In the Hispaniola Island, Dominica Republic and Haiti, this shrub in its native habitat is loaded with Tolumnia orchids. T. variegata, T....Read More guianensis and Leochilus labiatus favor this species as its habitat.
if you want to naturalize small orchids in your yard I would strongly recommended this shrub as a habitat for the orchids.

White Indigoberry (Randia aculeata) is a small to medium shrub or small tree or shrub native to the coastal hammocks, pinelands, coastal ...Read Morescrub, barrier islands, and similar habitats from coastal central Florida south through the Keys into the Caribbean, such as Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands (zones 9a through 11). It is also found in parts of the Bahamas. It is usually found as a shrub or small tree. The berries provide food for wildlife such as birds. The leaves are small to medium and numerous. The attractive small flowers are white and star-shaped. In Florida, it is found in the central and southern coastal areas of the state, including in the Keys. It is great for a native plant or wildlife garden. This plant usually has a low to medium salt tolerance, although it can grow in salty areas on the barrier islands.