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favorite Wild Varieties-What is your favorite

Finally got a few pictures to share here, as I have been following this topic for a while.   I managed to start both the Cumari Pollux as well as the Blue Mystery pepper that Judy sent out this year.
 
The cumari was a tough one to get to germinate, but it finally did and now I have at least one plant that has many little pods on it.  They are still green, but they are growing.
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Here is a picture of one of the pods.  Sure looks strange compared to all my other pepper plants.  I like the 5 fingers on it.
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The Blue Mystery plant had had pods for a month or so, but I found a couple the other day that are starting to color up
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It will be interesting to find out what these taste like.
 
I decided to do another post, after looking for C. friburgense, that John had mention in one of his post.
I'm very glad that I decided to follow up on it, I ended up at the italian site called "Pepperfriends" and looking at some amazing photo's of some very awesome and very very rare pepper species,  C. friburgense was just one of many, some of the others were C. caatingae, C. dusenii, C. schottianum, C. cornutum, C. buforum and C. pereirae the list goes on from there. 
 
Now that my interest has perked up again, I have to really get set up for growing different wilds and making new issolation cages again, I had been doing the glue method to keep certain amount of pods from crossing, but I find that I can keep hundreds of pods from crossing by using the Cage method,  although I will have to make certain adjustments for the plants that will grow wider and taller than some of the smaller types.
This will give me something to do during the winter months, while I start sprouting my wild little plants and of course I will have to update all the info that I have filed away all these years as they are now totally out dated, especially on some of the more resently discovered species.
 
wildseed57 said:
I decided to do another post, after looking for C. friburgense, that John had mention in one of his post.
I'm very glad that I decided to follow up on it, I ended up at the italian site called "Pepperfriends" and looking at some amazing photo's of some very awesome and very very rare pepper species,  C. friburgense was just one of many, some of the others were C. caatingae, C. dusenii, C. schottianum, C. cornutum, C. buforum and C. pereirae the list goes on from there. 
 
Now that my interest has perked up again, I have to really get set up for growing different wilds and making new issolation cages again, I had been doing the glue method to keep certain amount of pods from crossing, but I find that I can keep hundreds of pods from crossing by using the Cage method,  although I will have to make certain adjustments for the plants that will grow wider and taller than some of the smaller types.
This will give me something to do during the winter months, while I start sprouting my wild little plants and of course I will have to update all the info that I have filed away all these years as they are now totally out dated, especially on some of the more resently discovered species.
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Would be interested in learning more on this cage method.  Will do a search, but if you have any pictures or a description, it would help me understand better.
Thanks in advance
 
My cage method is pretty simple, I take a roll of fencing wire which comes in 4,6 and 8 foot rolls,  I wire on 4 pieces of 1 inch PVC pipe 6 foot pieces for 4 ft fence and so on for bigger fence wire the legs extend down about 2 feet below the cage. After I get the cage done I wire a piece of fencing at the top.
I make the cage big enough to be stuck down in a 10 gallon container the pvc pipe can be cut at the bottom at a 45 degree angle so that they can go into the soil easily. 
After I have it in place around my plant and set in the container I take some very light colored mosquito net or some other netting that will let wind through but not let pollen or insects in,  I then duck tape, glue sowe the netting onto the cage. and oh yes the netting has to be strong enough to last at least all summer elsewise you will be spending your summer patching up the netting.
It doesn't take very long once you make two or three and if you do a good job they will last several years and all you will need to do is replace the netting every so often. I'm sure their are other ways if you just want to save a few pods from your plants gluing or bagging the buds work ok also.
 
My next goal will to be if I can get at least 4 or 5 more rare wild varieties to grow, I have about 6 that I'm growing now, but looking to drop most of my other gardening duties and concentrate on growing the wild varieties, so that at some point I can give back to our community. 
Growing a few things next year will be easier that going full hog in the garden with just me doing all the work which can wear a person out at the end of a very hot and humid day of pulling weeds, watering and picking ripe vegetables and making sure that I don't have a million insects trying their best to take over should I slow down.
I'm hoping that I can communicate with one of the Administrators and get a few like C. friburgense with its beautiful bell shaped red flowers, C. caatingae, C. dusenii, C, buforum, C. cornutum I think i can get some seeds at one place but at $30 for a single packet of seeds is a bit steep which would severely limit the amount of varieties I want to grow. So i will have to talk with some people that might be able to help me out with a few seeds that don't cost that much. 
 
Hey wildseed,the seeds you mentioned are all unreleased species from Brazil. The photos that you saw on Pepperfriends were taken over many years of visits from members from that forum/organization.

I am a member of the organization and active on the forum. It is a great place and friendly people. My suggestion is to start a thread in the new member section,and then start a thread in the cultivation "glog" section. That will get the ball rolling and it has also been stated by Lonewolf as being the proper way to become part of the family.

I have seen folks from THP become members,mooch seeds,and never show their face again. Frankly,that pisses me off to the max. Not only because I have close friends there,but also because it tarnishes the trust that genuine and kind people have.

Take all this with a grain of salt. I definitely am no authority there. As a member of the org, I take responsibility in encouraging new members to join but also protecting the hard work and dedication that the founders have done. Hope to see you there!
 
Hey Sliz, pretty sure Bakersfield is as hot and dry like fresno is but best of luck to you with growing the wilds... Start em early if you can
 
Yeah, I know it'll be challenging, but these peppers seem worth a shot :) Thank you.

I plan on starting them as soon as I receive them and baby them in containers with shadecloth and misting, all my plants love misting here :)
 
Thanks John for the info, I have already started a couple post there, I'm not going to ask for anything just now anyway I would rather buy than mooch, and if they are not already released no sense trying to get something that isn't available, at some point maybe they will release some to keep the species going in other places.
I've seen some of your Photo work and comments, as usual you do a great job with your photo's, I have other interests that I might be able to expand with being a member there.
 
George
 
I have a couple of shots for you Portuge. Things are sweetening up on the wilds, a bit slow progress but I'm definitely learning and having fun.

First off.

CAP 1141 C. Praetermissum. First flower and many more buds on it. I noticed it has up to 4 buds on a single node which is cool. Cumari pollux only has 2 per node. Hope to take a pic of flower clusters when they open. This for now...



Cumari verdaidera C. Praetermissum. This one is stretching fast and it's holding buds now, hope to see this one blow up in a couple of weeks. I really LOVE the pubescent feature on this one. May be more pubescent than CGN 22795 the white flower Praetermissum.







CGN 21502 C. Eximium, I thought it would be cool to post this one up. By far the best shot I've taken.



And at last... The Tepin x 7 pot Barrackpore F2 is starting to make buds again. Now I'm ready to pollinate with a brush and cross my fingers I get seeds.



-Walt
 
Dude those plants are rockin out on your balcony. Several flowers have opened up on my Cumari V, will get the pics on here tomorrow. As for my galapa, its going through another round of flowering so im really hoping to get some pods this time.
 
Portuge said:
Cgn 23255 Flowers
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Cumari Verdadeira
 

 
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Portuge
Wow,  That is a incredible number of flowers from one node.  Is this normal for this species?
 
Nigel said:
A plant from the seeds I got from southern Bolivia as "Ulupica" My first thoughts are C.eximium, but a couple of aspects don`t quite convince me. Comments, anyone?
 
This is Plant #1, the first to flower out of 6. 
 

 

 

 
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Nice close-ups!  :surprised:
 
Hi Nigel, that is a interesting Ulupica, the way the flower is reflexed at its fully open point is interesting,  it does look like a C. eximium  the color and the five teeth on the calyx is a bit odd, If I remember right aren't the flowers for a C.cardenasii supposed to be more cupped with the teeth being both long and short??

Oh yes before I end,  I had a interesting discovery the odd ball galapagoense that didn't look right turned out to be a eximium, I had kept it away from the other galapagoense because it just looked to odd and the first flower on it told me it was a eximium, how it happened I don't know it doesn't look quite like my other eximiums as it is more bushy and the flower looks different also I'll have to give it more time as my other eximiums are two seasons old and this is the first season for it.
I didn't plant any more eximiums this year and I had six seeds of galapagoense out of which I got 5 plants 4 were true galapagoense and the 6th was this odd ball, I'll have to wait and see what is going on.
 
Hi George, 
 
yes the fully relaxed open flower is different, as are the length of the stamens. The calyx is within what you`d expect for C.eximium, but the green dots in the corolla are, again, quite distinct, especially on the backside of the flower. Anyway, here is a key to C.eximium from 
 
 

 
 

Damn photobucket!!!

Key from "Lectotypifications, synonymy, and a new name in Capsicum (Solanoideae, Solanaceae)"
Gloria E. Barboza
PhytoKeys 2: 23–38 (2011)
 
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