Ordering from other places is really hit or miss though. I’m reminded of my previous “Carolina Reaper” order from China and it turned out to be some kind of green Serrano…

A whole year down the drain to save a few bucks taught me a lesson about buying quality seeds really quick.

I mean, I wouldn't trust any seeds being bought from a non-brand in China. I thought they are supposed to irradiate biological shipments from other countries? You can get reputable reaper seeds from other sources in the US. I would still recommend buying directly from puckerbutt since they did the work to develop it.

I doubt sketchy seed or plant orders on Amazon follow any sort of proper protocols.

Amazon should not allow these, but are shamelessly callous towards any external risk. A pest coming in on seeds or plant matter can easy become a multi billion dollar agricultural problem.

There is no way anyone should be able to order bootleg plant material with a clean conscience. You save a couple bucks yourself but in the process buy a mega-billions anti-lottery ticket for everyone else.

It should be able to reassemble the DNA straight out of the product and then Crispr-Cas9 the changes into an existing pepper plant (assuming money and time are no object).

You wouldn't pirate a pepper!

PeterPiper pirated a pack of proprietary peppers

This probably wouldn't be as expensive as you think.