lorax

Bob, altitude plays a huge role. In Quito, E. ventricosum fruits at 15-20' height, where in Puyo they go past 40' sometimes before blooming. Soils also might have something to do with it - Quito is very sandy and poor with a kaolin foundation, where Puyo is rich black soil with a red clay foundation.

Also if your plant is young, you can pollard it (chop the pstem back) to reduce effective height, but be careful because you can also take off the flower. I think we discussed height-pruning in another thread.