I have some in the jiffy greenhouse. Hoping they live up to my ever increasing expectations.
EDITED DUE TO MISTAKEI've grown Wild Brazil (aka Cumari) peppers several times and I have to agree with you about their great flavor and good heat level. They are very easy to grow and because they are a bush type pepper they can be grown in containers with any special treatment. The only problem I've ever had with them is that they produce so many pods that I get tired of picking them before I get all the ripe pods off the plant and then I have to do it all again in a day or two. But, I have to say that it's one of my favorite peppers to grow and I'm growing it again this year. Alan
know something i just thought of it i was at work last night when in answered that post,i was exhausted, they are the same BIG DUH!! for meHey Joe, the Cumari Do Para is a Chinense...others are Praetermissums so they may be one and the same. Several websites claim they are the same pepper...either way, I sure can't wait for them to produce. Mine are covered in flowers that are just about to open. From what I have read once they start to ripen I'll have more than I can use for the rest of the season! Do they dry well? Or have you tried it???
Edit: removed weird double post
Neil from THSC writes:
"Cumari do para, from the state of Para in Brazil. A Cumari type thats a Chinense instead of the norm Praetermissum variety.. grows up and out like the usual cumari and takes longer than the Other to get into it but also goes longer into the season. 1 cm long Yellow Pods cover the plant and an easy grower..
whats it Like ?How Hot is it ?
Instantly its like a flavour Explosion and seems to burst into the mouth and straight up back of the throat and sets deep and radiates forward until get an all over glow, bout an 8/10 not over the top but a fantastic burn that goes for ages..
love this Plant and looks great in a Pot, be outstanding in the ground and might put in next season and see how goes."
I'm growing the Wild Brazil from you Joe and the Cumari do Para from PRF, the plants are different. The Wild Brazil from you looks like a typical C. chinense, the Cumari do Para grows a little lankier, has different shaped leaves and starts to branch out quickly without being topped off.
Is the wild brazil pepper you're talking about the same as the cumari available at Peppermania ?
http://www.pepperman...hinense_21.html
I've grown it last year, it was shaped like a low bushy chinense, and the pods are flavorful for a small pod like this, great taste, very prolific too.
WhiteC. chinese with erect pods??? What color are the flowers?
White
GOOD IM GLAD YOU LIKE THEMJoe - just got your envelope in the mail today! I'm about to try a wild Brazil
I'll post back in a few minutes what I thought of it.
Bearing in mind my pod was dried. I didn't get much fruit loop flavor, but I did detect a lemony note. In flavor its close to that of a cayenne, but a little different. I saved the seeds, and would say the heat is on par with my thai chilis. The heat seemed to affect the right hand side of my tongue more than anywhere else.
The heat built for a minute or so. but not to unbearable levels. It has a faint aftertaste of something pleasantly familiar that I can't quite place.
Over all I liked it! Can't wait to grow some, and try fresh pods .
Just licked my lips, and while inside my mouth is no longer burning, where I licked my lip is starting a new.
Small upturned pods is believed to be how all chinense varieties started. So the wild brazil or cumari do para is closer to a true chinense than most other chinenses...not the other way around. The comparison with them and frutescense is a good one however and may be valid. Seems as though they both may have evolved from a common source. After reading many articles on it, I also believe the two are one and the same. The subtle differences in plants and pods folks have are more than likely due to different seed sources and the fact that almost everything we grow has just a little "mutt" in it.That rules out C. praetermissum. However, FayahBen pic looks nothing like C. chinese leaves or pods.