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Pequin plants not as advertised

My pequin plants are starting to grow pods... and they're definitely not pequins. The pods are already too long. It's possible they are an upright annuum or frutescens variety. They look a lot like Yatsufusa or "Thai" peppers, which I've had in past seasons.

So 2 questions:
 
Does anyone know a reliable source for pequin seeds? 
 
AND
 
Does anyone have a good source for dried pequin pods?
 
Indiana_Jesse said:
New Mexico State University Chile Institute and Native Seed/Search to name just a couple.
Thanks! Nonprofit seeds!
 
Nothing from NMSU. Native Seed Search has them, but the description is as follows:

"Some plants are fuzzy with long, hanging chiles, other plants are smooth with shorter chiles that stand up. Medium, increasing to hot after a few seconds. 3-3.5" long."
 
That does not describe pequin chiles. 
 
jesseo715 said:
Thanks! Nonprofit seeds!
 
Nothing from NMSU. Native Seed Search has them, but the description is as follows:

"Some plants are fuzzy with long, hanging chiles, other plants are smooth with shorter chiles that stand up. Medium, increasing to hot after a few seconds. 3-3.5" long."[/size]
 
That does not describe pequin chiles.
 
We had a  couple of ID threads recently that you should look through that discuss the variations of these peppers.
 
Need help identifying this pepper
Pequin or Chiltepin or...?
Chile Pequin Pepper
2017_What pepper is this?
 
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Looking for something like this?
 
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midwestchilehead said:
Looking for something like this?
 
 
 
Yes! Those are pequin for sure. The ones I have are already passing 2" long. This is disappointing since I got them from the same source as last year's true pequin peppers. One pic is this year's pequin peppers, and the other is this year's DeArbol peppers... which I'm not convinced are correct either. I've never had DeArbol grow upright. To me, they both look like Yatsufusa or Prik Chee Fah or some other pepper under the general "Thai" name. This is the first setback I've had from this particular company. 
 
 
 

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