Searching for Solanum huyalasense

[Alex]

Does anyone know where I can get Solanum huyalasense wild tomato? Or who can share? I can't find it.

[William Schlegel]

I don't know that it is available outside of perhaps the gene banks. Genebanks such as TGRC can be reluctant to part with some of these wild accessions. The basic problem is that newer treaties have restricted access to new wild collections. Though the gene banks do a good job of maintaining the accessions, every grow out does lead to some genetic drift. So the greater the demand, the less time they can go between grow outs. Therefore, they reserve the material for university research as much as possible.

[Alex]

I don't know that it is available outside of perhaps the gene banks.

It's available https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXLnyzjmSGM , but rare.

[William Schlegel]

It seems it was relatively recently split from peruvianum along with arcanum. That could mean that some of the accessions out there being offered still as peruvianum could still be misidentified and that it might not be as rare in cultivation as it may now appear.

[Alex]

William, you're right, but where to get seeds. I heard it was on ebay one day, but there is nothing at the moment.