Yea Peru seems to have a lot of varieties too. I'm growing some Dedo de Moca (I think they're from Brazil). In a few months I'll know what they taste like!Brazil by far
I go shopping in Nogales, Sonora all the time. I learned not to try and bring fresh produce back across the border. Only those commercial trucks that bring all of that Mexican produce to our stores are allowed to bring in fresh produce! However, I often bring back dried chilies, which the customs officers always seem to overlook, even though I know that the seeds of many of these dried peppers will grow.you will have to smuggle them back into the country.. i tried to bring some fresh peppers back across the boarder and they stopped me.
Be real careful about trying to bring in seeds! Seriously, you can be detained overnight by Customs if they want to. You're not supposed to bring back seeds, or fresh produce that contains seeds. If you do want to try, take my advice and when asked to declare, don't try to hide the seeds. Declare them so you don't get into hot water (and play dumb like you didn't know you couldn't bring seeds back)! But sometimes you will run across a Customs agent who will just send you through, or who forgets what you can and cannot bring back. I mentioned above that I bring back dried chilies all the time, even though they have seeds. I always declare them, but I think most Customs officers don't realize that some dried chilies have viable seeds.Just bring back the seeds.
The Bandung area, in the volcanic highlands on the western end of the island of Java, in Indonesia: home of the Capsicum pubescens variety Cabe Gendot:
I happened to get a few of those seeds last year and have a pair of plants growing quite nicely already. Never had the pepper before but the opportunity presented itself and I like finding a few rarer varieties in the states. I have a few regional pepper plants growing this year from all over asia so it should be a fun year for me.
I got them from the same member.
My plants are coming along quite well 1 is roughly 6in tall and a bit wider and the other is nearly 8 and pretty much a circle of leaves on top close to 10in across. I started mine in mid January though.
As far as climate I'm in southern WI so not the best climate for growing chilis but I'll manage. Worst case I can always grow indoors my favorites and see how well the rest do outdoors after it stops freezing up here lol.
David