I kept a bunch of bulbs in the refrigerator once. Walmart had this big box of daffodils marked down to .25 for a bag of 10. Couldn't resist even though it was January and no chance of planting without dynamite. I planted them as soon as i could work the soil. Guessing nearly half of them bloomed, had maybe 300. The rest bloomed the following year.

Come to think of it, the temp in the orchid room went down to the 50s one night when I left the window open a crack 'cause it'd been so warm during the day. Maybe the 2nd flower will last longer. Lunatic, it's good to hear yours was open longer. Thanks for the compliment, Mr. B. I'll have you know there is no floof in my collection, so this 2nd bud better last about 4 weeks. Humph! Thank you both, Whitecat8

I've been eating food cooked with tepins as seasonings for over 50 years. I decided to grow some a few years back by planting seed from dried tepins. The success rate was about 1 in 20 to get a plant that actually grew to something that would bare fruit. The plants died after two years. Last year I repeated the procedure and only got two plants that produced. The funny thing is they aren't producing berries, they look like small (very smal) jalapenos. They are now producing for the second time and the chilies are over an inch long and extremely hot. The only seeds I planted were from the tepins.....strange.

Description Species (or Go To #) 1 Seeds Black, Purple Corolla C. pubescens 1 Seeds Tan Go To 2 2 Corolla With Spots C. baccatum 2 Corolla Without Spots Go To 3 3 Corolla White Go To 4 3 Corolla Greenish Go To 5 4 Flowers Solitary & Filament Not Purple C. annum 4 Flowers 2 & More Per Node, Purple Filament C. chinese 5 Flowers Solitary C. frutescens 5 Flowers 2 & More Per Node C. chinese