Chile Pepper Bonsai -guide!

waltseed

I used to be a professional pepper breeder, back in 19778-1981. One project I continued after changing into a cereal breeder was to get an earlier-blooming chiltipine for northern use. Chiltipine is a name for wild C. annuum.
So I kept a chiltipine for breeding for about 5 years, and also an F1 hybrid between chiltipine and Thai Hot, for about 5 years. In their third years, I noticed they were better bonsai than the bonsai I had grown back in my college days. So I got back into bonsai.
The chiltipine and the hybrid died due to being left out too long one autumn, not old age. I think they would still be alive if I had been more alert to the weather that year.
Right now, I have many chiltipines growing under lights at home for bonsai.
Am I the only bonsai breeder here? Or do others breed for good bonsai traits in one species or another?
I know of 2 other pepper breeders that keep special bonsai peppers in their greenhouses because certain pepper plants have been too beautiful to throw out when their breeding purpose was complete.
One winter night, I woke up cold. A quick check told me I'd run out of propane. So I grabbed my pepper bonsai and ran to the car. O, I believe I got dressed first. Anyway, I drove those plants to work in the middle of the night so they, and I, wouldn't freeze. I had my priorities straight.

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Waltseed