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Wiri's 2019 Adventures with "Wilds" & Others Glog

It's  always  exciting to acquire hard-to-find seeds of  wilds and take them to the next few levels  in
the hope of achieving the ultimate goal of pods ....Mingled with the wilds will be
some others that should make for an interesting season..Will be  adding some more to the list.
 
 
Cap  499 Wild Chacoense
Cardenasii
Chacoense Most Prolific
Cheltepin Cappuccino
Eximium CGN 24332
Flexuosum
Flexuosum Purple Flower
Galapagoense
Lanceolateum
Madre de Rios
PI 439528 Praetermissum
Rocopica
Rocopica X Cardenasii F2
Tovarii
Ulupica Giant Yellow
Ulupica XL Yellow F4
Wild unknown
 
 
 
 
Lanceolatum CD...grwoing  nicely and spreading out,had some blossoms last week,but the Asiatic B found them appetizing..now covered @noc.
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Hey Wiri.  Things are looking great!   I'm sure your plants are enjoying the turn in weather your region had not long ago.  I hope we get that here soon. 
 
Looks like the ulupica GY has grown up quite a bit since its previous pic in early May.  And great work with the motley crew I sent you.  The 1491 and P Flex in particular look fantastic. 
 
Hope the season just keeps getting better for you!
 
This is called Lippia Micromera,uncommon here in the US,but a popular type of 'THYME' used in South America/Caribbean
food...I tracked it down  in Florida,while reading  through comments on a Food Forum..it's funny how you find stuff,
this was a few yrs ago.It;s ovbiously  tropical,so it comes indoor..I grow many cutting  in summer to have a few plants indoors.
It goes by many other names...here's a close up & below one of my larger plants..some effects from cooler days.
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Hey Wiri. Really great to see all the update pictures.  Your ulupica xl is really cool. I'm looking forward to seeing the coloration of the pods.  Also, I'm curious how big they are/get. They look what, maybe an inch or so? Maybe just slightly under an inch? Also cool to see your Rhomboideum flowering!
 
 
As to F4's, My Tatiana Rocoto cross (not my cross, but my plant of someone else's cross) is an F4 too and this is my first time growing it. F4 (as generally used) means that the plant has been self-pollinated at each of 3 generations since and including the first hybrid generation and has been selected for a single dominant trait. If so, statistically:
 
90% chance it will grow to "look" like it's supposed to.
70% It looks right and is carrying the right genes.
20% Looks right, but has 1 recessive gene that could alter appearance in future generations.
10% Looks wrong because carries 2 recessive genes.
 
This is a good article on stabilizing genetics, but the %'s aren't quite correct/applicable for the way people typically stabilize crosses because they're based on a randomly selected ongoing population versus an intentionally selected (weeding out) process.
http://kdcomm.net/~tomato/gene/genes.html
 
 
EDIT:  Wow, even more pictures while I was posting. Your garden really looks great!  I saw you chatting about piper nigrum with CTB in his glog and those plants have interested me for a while now.  Do you have it currently growing?
 
Very nice Sandy ;)
 
I'm guessing you're in New York? My old stomping grounds. Looks like we're going up that way to see family in March, just gotta be there for the annual St. Paddy's day in Saint James :party:
 
Thanks CD for answering my query,as you always do. ;) .I don't know much about xes,as I seldom grow them,but that one came as a gift seed from GIP.
It is ~0.75 inch..and the plant has only 1 pod,some flowers,the J Beetles took care of  some ,I will let you know as it grows,
.I will read up on the genetics an the link you supplied.
 
Re: the Piper Nigrum...yes it's been a fascination of mine for a while,..unfortunately  cool/cold weather is it's enemy.I enjoy
learning about it & I tried some small plants.now  ancient  hx,then bought a 3 gal one mail order, it was lge and grew well,till late winter
when it lost almost all of its leaves,it's a high humidity,high temp plant,some say full/others say partial sun..It's alive ,some
new leaves are starting out,but it's very  s l o w  growing...it can grow from cuttings,if they take,but that would take forever
for my liking.  It's testing my patience...let's see how this does...the next 2 weeks is critical.
Now Matt has his flowering & I'm wishing it were  mine. :cool: Very nice plant.
.Logee's is pricey for little cuttings that are just barely rooted.
I'll keep you posted & I'll take a photo later on..it's not pretty...be forewarned.
PN is my favorite topic of recent,I'll think positive that it will turn around. ;)
 
 
Hi Scott,thanks so much..Oh yes,I believe you have folks in LI?
Oh,I owe everything  to NYC ...it has played a major part in who I am today & I'm forever grateful...was fortunate  to
worked with some of the best & brightest from the world over.
So while CT. is home now ...NY is near/dear to my heart & soul,I esp., miss the good food,culture & the ease of travel.
It's always nice to go back & know which train/bus to hop on & feel like a local.. ;)
 
 
wiriwiri said:
Hi Scott,thanks so much..Oh yes,I believe you have folks in LI?
Oh,I owe everything  to NYC ...it has played a major part in who I am today & I'm forever grateful...don't think I would have met so
many people from the world  over had I not lived/worked in NYC for a goodly while...So while CT. is home now ...NY is near to my heart & soul.
It's always nice to go back & know which train to ride on to get where I'm going. ;)
 
 
Hi Sandy,
 
Yes, my wife still has family on LI. We moved from there in1978, as soon as she got out of school. All of my family is now just all over..Ohio, Pa., Sc., and my sister who lives in Cost Rica.
I have a cousin in Ct. and I intend on visiting him very soon, retirement is in the wings, and with that comes some freedom ;)
 
You most definitely have a very different climate there, than I do here in the deep South. I remember as a child maters ripening around Halloween, here we are done by the end of June.
 
Good luck this season!
 
 
Lovely NE day...low humidity/sunny & 80's...time so share a few then do my chores..thought I had the day off. :P
This is a plant I got  about 6 weeks ago when it was in bloom..am so delighted that I was able to get it to rebloom, lovely plant & scent is equally alluring. Stephanotis / Madagascar Jasmine
A bit on the plant ;posted 2nd  photo of the open buds...will update when these current buds open.
..Marsdenia floribunda,  is native to Madagascar and has flowers with a fragrance reminiscent of jasmine. It is a tropical twining woody climber that grows in its native habitat to 12-20' tall. Houseplants in containers grow much shorter. Thick, oval, glossy deep green leaves (to 4" long) are evergreen. Intensely fragrant, narrow-tubular, waxy white flowers (to 4" long) in axillary cymes of 3-6 bloom summer to fall. 
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