I could argue if they were labelled Mystery peppers- perhaps they should remain a mystery to remain true to the product.
That 34th date with your mate that can lead to a new family and marriage (ok 33rd ! date with same person for me !) ?
We're ALL mystery peppers- and no one carries around a DNA test kit before procreation to say-" hold it - HOLD IT - I SAID HOLD IT - one sec, test ALMOST DONE.. ALLLLLMMMMOOOSSTTT DONE... OK - You're from Mesopotamia too with split bloodline to Scandanavia - OK we're GOOD TO GO - "
But my point here is- as I'm new to pepper world, I DO see some DNA analysis for some strains at NMU CPI it seems.
So - I am half tempted to say- DNA analysis is probably the only TRUE way to organize peppers, I see in 1954 - I forget his name- this one guy - came up with a system for organizing plants, they even named the official biological journal still used for plant identification after him ? that's one thing, but I think DNA is probably the only SURE way to know what's coming from where- but EVEN THEN - it's just names, labels -
I think the best 'spotters' I see on here (I"m not one -YET !) are able to offer up traits using other peppers as labels.
So, rather than seek a 'for sure' identification - PERHAPS - and I mean this in a good way- just settle at FIRST for what Species of capsicum you have, I THINK it's species when we say Chinense vs annuum vs pubescens (uh oh, I can't think of the other 2 big ones, then the 14 wilds ones), or maybe it's Cultivar - or maybe each TYPE of the species is the cultivar.
Oh well- hopefully I've added SoMETHING to this that's of value in pepper identification, if not a smile !
I said to my wife the other day "hmm - what if I ran a DNA analysis service for pepper growers, you just KNOW people would send their peppers in - I could charge like $10 a pepper or something" Now to quickly educate myself in biogenetic engineering ! lol