Thanks Beth!

Growing C. Lanceolatum seems to be a hit or miss type thing. I tried to germinate 1 pod this summer and it didn't germinate at all. I gave a friend another pod and he actually got 3 lanceolatums out of it - though through other circumstances the lance's died. My galapagoense grew really fast, and stayed strong. It's about 10-12 inches long and is doing quite well outside. It has not bloomed, but just the mere fact that I got it into adulthood made me happy. I tried to germinate : C. Eximium, C.cardenasii, C. lanceolatum, c.chacoense,c.galapagoense, and one other wild. The only 2 types that germinated were the c.galapagoense and the c.chacoense. I got 6 chacoense plants and 1 galapagoense from the planting this year. So basically - everything that germinated grew out fine once it germinated. So to make a long story short. Germination seems to be the biggest obstacle (at least for me). Once they are germinated you can keep them alive. Danny

Hi, there are a few out there that has some of the seeds your looking for. I know that the university of New Mexico where they study and grow hundreds of peppers each year, Have several of the very rare wild ones for sale. Also You could ask about them, in some of the other Internet Chile forums. Its pretty hard to get some of them as there are not a lot of people that grow the wild species, mainly because they are so hard to grow and some of the species for one reason or another will not produce viable seeds. I hope you have good luck in finding them. George W.

You guys should smell a stand of Cleomes. You'd swear the cops would be showing up any minute. They're trying hard to breed the smell out. Some of the older varieties out there are extremely powerful.