How easily do capsicum species cross?

[templeton]

A contact in Australia has posed the question "If I have a C annuum growing near a C baccatum what are the chances that they will cross with no intervention? Should I be overly worried about bagging the flowers or is there a good chance that I will get away with it as they are different species?"
Any info?
T

[raymondo]

I posted and answer on that forum plus a table with crossability of species.

[templeton]

thanks Ray. should have waited..
T

[steve1]

Hmm, raymondo can you pm me the forum or info or post it please? Interested in this.
Cheers Steve

[raymondo]

steve1 , I can't upload it here but here's a link to a copy of the table. It's at the bottom of the page: www.fatalii.net/Growing_chile_peppers/Breeding

[steve1]

Thanks raymondo. Hours of entertainment there...

[DarJones]

For a real world example, I grew a red bell pepper and an orange bell pepper deliberately interleaved to maximize crossing. I wound up with 3% crossed seed. This was Annuum X Annuum. I expect baccatum X annuum to be at a lower rate.

[nicollas]

Same table