Carved in mystic runes upon the very living rock, the last words of Sean
Houtman of sci.bio.botany make plain:

Methuselah Jones wrote in
. 97.132:

But another plant grew up with it, that I have no idea what it is.
For two and a half years, it did nothing but get taller and
broader -- never so much as a blossom. Around last August I
started giving the plants more water, and suddenly it burst out in
tiny white blossoms. I don't know if this was the result of the
increased water, or just coincident. The blossoms developed into
tiny, round fruits, which never got very large, and are now
beginning to ripen.

Anyone know what this plant is?

http://www.holotech.net/10140002.JPG

Looks like a bird pepper, one of the wild chiles. This page says it
gets about 1 foot tall, but don't be surprised to see it 4 times
that high.

That does indeed look like it. Thanks! The one I have is over 3 feet
tall. It isn't getting much taller, but is continuing to spread out, with
some very long branches.

Apparently the peppers are quite hot. I'm looking forward to trying some!

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Methuselah
I intend to live forever. So far, so good.