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Pepper from Fiji, what is it?

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nzchili

Hey guys, my girlfriend (who is from Fiji), recently went back over there to see her family etc and bought me back this chili. (i believe her parents grow it in their garden)
What do you guys think it is?
Its actually quite hot, hotter then i expected. Perhaps two or three times hotter then a cayenne.
Its also quite small, maybe 2 inchs long.
I have planted a few seeds from the pod so am interested to see what if anything pops up.
cheers 
 
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Well the girlfriend has gone back to Fiji again (she just got a new job so is heading back to see family while she still can before new job starts)
 
Ill get her to take some pics of the chili plant for me and post it here to help with the ID...
 
Shes also going to bring back a few other chilis for me to grow out :P  wohoooo
 
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Ummm? wouldn't someone from Fiji that you know have a name for it? If so, call it by its local name, don't try to translate it or give it a more familiar name, it is what it is right?
 
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ok so the girlfriend sent me a few pics of one of the plant growing in her garden back in Fiji..looks pretty huge! (i dont think its the same one shes already given me)
 
She says its called "Junglee Mircha", which translates directly to "wild chillis"
She believe its a type of C. Frutescens..
 
I have told her to bring heaps back!  :P
 
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I am pretty sure it is a type of Thai and the curl on that pod is a fluke. When I was in Indo I saw them all over and ate plenty. I grow a Cayenne Indonesian but it is much longer and hotter than a normal cayenne. 
 
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Girlfriend got back from Fiji yesterday..and i now have a few seeds for the junglee mircha!   :dance:
I will probably plant a couple when i get home from work today.
Oh and here's a couple more pics of the Junglee Mircha plant which I now have seeds from.
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[SIZE=9.5pt]Also, on some other good news, I now have a sprout from the first chilli that I originally posted in this thread! Supposdly they just call that one "fiji long red chili"[/SIZE]
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Cant wait to get growing the Junglee!
 
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looks like they can grow into some large plants under tropical conditions, depending on your weather conditions with a little protection they might grow quite large and last several years, it does look like a form of C. frutescens it might also have some unquic genes to it being that it is most likely a land race now.  Do they have a sharp dry burning taste and do the pods drop or easily separate from from the plant?  What are you growing them in?
 
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wildseed57 said:
looks like they can grow into some large plants under tropical conditions, depending on your weather conditions with a little protection they might grow quite large and last several years, it does look like a form of C. frutescens it might also have some unquic genes to it being that it is most likely a land race now.  Do they have a sharp dry burning taste and do the pods drop or easily separate from from the plant?  What are you growing them in?
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I personally have not tasted the Junglee, but she says they are very hot and only 1-2cm long.
I have a couple of seeds soaking now, hopefully something grows!
I have a few options on where to grow them really, i have a big garden (but i dont really grow to much in it other then some tangelo, fejoa and guava trees that are well established). Oh iv got some blueberries too :)
I have a raised bed that is needing something in one side of it, it has strawberries in the other side of it.
 
Thing is its just turned to autumn here now so will be getting colder in the coming months, though at the moment all my new seedlings and plants in general are doing great. We dont freeze here, so I hope to grow it in a pot over autumn & winter, move it around as required, then either put it in the ground, give it half the raised bed, or put it in a decent sized pot in my grow shed thing i made.
 
Hopefully it can survive the winter!
Ill post some pics if i get anything to sprout if anyone is interested  ;)
 
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So long as your winter temps don't drop below freezing they should make it once they mature some, you might get some die back but the plant should pop righ back as it gets warm again. I was over your way in the early 70's during the Vietnam war for a little R&R really a very nice place, although I can't remember how the weather was.  I think it was in November so that would make it Spring your way I think?  Any place but the war zone was a great place to be at that time. Grow some tomatoes, garlic, onions and cilantros in your garden along with your peppers and make some fresh salsa,  you could add some guavas to give it some sweetness that would go great on some grilled lamb chops. I make a chili lime sauce that I brush on my corn on the cob then grill it with any kind of meat along with some grilled eggplant which I brush on some of the chili lime sauce to give it a bit of a kick. 
 
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Yea November would be spring here ;)  
Im sure keen to attempt my own salsa! that would be awesome.. I love nachos  :P  
So its Autumn here at the moment, and as of 9:30am its about 23deg C, and 86% humidity. I would expect in the middle of winter we will probably have a couple of nights that get down to 3-4 deg C.
I should have a couple of months to allow plants to mature a bit before it gets cold.
 
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I just thought I would update this thread with the progress of the above chili plants..
I have 3 plants from the chili pictured in the first post (3 out of 4 seeds I planted germinated)
 
I did a little experiment and I potted up the runt of the bunch first, and left the other couple of sprouts in pellets for a little longer.
Well, the runt is the big one now, and is several times bigger then the others. I will now always pot up as soon as I can be bothered. (i also tested it with some Butch t's with the same result)
 
I have had no luck so far with the Junglee Mircha, the first few seeds did not sprout. I planted another 4 seeds a week ago today, no signs of life as yet.
Anyway here's the a pic of the plants from the chili in post 1.  Is it looking like an annumn? Im still new to this and feel I can only really reliably identify chinense at a glance 
 
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The plants are doing great considering they only get windowsill light, and nights are down to about 7 deg C now. My Jonah plants are looking especially good! :)
 
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