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I see I acquired quite a tan! My better half would kill me if I'd buy a bike though, even before the local traffic would. Good work!

A beauty. If not edible or palatable, it certainly would be a nice ornamental. Dimorphum? At which altitude did you find it? iNaturalist only has observations from the mountains 🙄 .

The red data points are observations. The map is from iNaturalist. It was my intention to provide this link in my previous post, but I obviously forgot. My apologies.

I see none in Mexico, I find that somewhat surprising to be honest.

You'll have to travel a lot though, the chile landscape is very diverse. Larger cities have the advantage that produce from the region is brought in, so you'll always find something. Markets of smaller towns can carry some truly local stuff. I returned to google maps and found the vendors (next...

Yes, the municipal market of Tapachula.

Here you go... Red and yellow are the only colour I've spotted so far. Typical for local varieties is the protrusion on the stem end. From the same vendors, 3 peppers for $5, so this is $20 (~US$1) worth of crunchiness 😋.

Yes, but I suspect that the different climate types have a strong influence on their taste. Oaxaca is relatively dry, often receiving less than 1000mm rain/year. Chiapas is humid and truly tropical. Mountain areas can receive 4000-5000mm rain/year. Local pubescens peppers are just super-crunchy...

My book (Capsicum y cultura, Janet Long Solís) only has a reference to a 1979 article by Eshbaugh, who claimed that Capsicum pubescens was introduced into Mexico as late as the XXth century (I have no access to that reference). Its production is local/regional. It is distributed in high altitude...

Illustrates nicely the origin of the name manzano (manzana = apple). The manzano is originally from Michoacán, although it is produced in other states as well these days.

I live in the lowland tropics: hot and humid all year round. In my experience, "classic" landraces cope better with extremes than "fancy" crosses. Noteable exception: chilhuacle, which produced but underwhelmingly so (too much humidity, I think).

You've got basil growing there? Fresh basil seed germinates in 2d here.

Commercially available in 🇲🇽

Looks a bit like BSR (THSC) - a hot one...