Wild, Indeed, Community Thread

ChilliCrosser · Mar 25, 2022

Pr0digal_son said:
I did find plants 10 minutes north of the type locality that had the darker berries she mentions.They appeared to be black.

simply stunning

PaulG · Mar 25, 2022

Pr0digal_son said:
I'm guessing they just gave it that listing and had nothing to do with cultivation. Chile taxonomy is silly. These could be what was previously listed as C.ciliatum.

Per G.E.Barboza: "Both, the colour of the fruits and the shape of the leaves are variations frequently found in C. rhomboideum. We had a plant in cultivation (Córdoba), and we obtained fruits with a similar colour to the population from La Jagua or even darker."

I did find plants 10 minutes north of the type locality that had the darker berries she mentions.They appeared to be black.

Most interesting, John. Nothing like being
able to see them in their native habitat.

thoroughburro said:
Chiltepin Hermosillo Dwarf is beginning to show some personality. To my eyes, and compared to other annuums I’m growing, the dwarf habit is already distinct:

Looks like you will have some nice specimens
to go forward with.

Portuge · Mar 27, 2022

Hoping for a set pod on this go around with my C.lanceolatum. Awesome looking plants Paul

PaulG · Mar 27, 2022

Portuge said:
Hoping for a set pod on this go around with my C.lanceolatum. Awesome looking plants Paul

Thanks, James, just trying to hang on til plant-out.
In 3 months. :eh:

Good job getting a c. lanceolatum to grow and
flower. I am 0 for 3 on my lanceolatum attempts.
Keep us posted!

:cheers:

Portuge · Mar 27, 2022

PaulG said:
Thanks, James, just trying to hang on til plant-out.
In 3 months.

Good job getting a c. lanceolatum to grow and
flower. I am 0 for 3 on my lanceolatum attempts.
Keep us posted!

Paul, it hasn't been easy nor fun growing this particular variety. Took me several attempts and years to get a hook going and not dying off. My arch nemesis is the C. Flexuosum right now, tried many of times last season to get one seed germinated and did get one to hook and it didn't take off. Got some fresh seeds in from Chris Fowler and going to give em another try.

ChilliCrosser · Mar 28, 2022

Portuge said:
Paul, it hasn't been easy nor fun growing this particular variety. Took me several attempts and years to get a hook going and not dying off. My arch nemesis is the C. Flexuosum right now, tried many of times last season to get one seed germinated and did get one to hook and it didn't take off. Got some fresh seeds in from Chris Fowler and going to give em another try.

I'd take even a hook on my C.lanceolatum this year! Probably had 4-6 develop a radicle and then do nothing regardless of media and different environmentals. I'm sticking at it though :banghead:

Portuge · Mar 28, 2022

ChilliCrosser said:
I'd take even a hook on my C.lanceolatum this year! Probably had 4-6 develop a radicle and then do nothing regardless of media and different environmentals. I'm sticking at it though

That was how it went for me last season with C. Flexuosum. Patience is a must with these varieties, had one C. Flexuosum give me a radicle and did nothing after that and died off.

Will be tossing a few more in and giving it another try.

PaulG · Mar 28, 2022

Glad to see I'm not the only one to see
radicles extend, and then... nothing. I'll
look for some more seeds and try again
at some point. At least the fiexuosum did
well for me this time around.

PaulG · Mar 29, 2022

This topped (twice) CGN 40297 c. cardenasi is starting to fill out.

Portuge · Mar 30, 2022

PaulG said:
This topped (twice) CGN 40297 c. cardenasi is starting to fill out.

Boy that C. Cardenasii is looking beautiful right now. Can't wait to see it producing flowers and pods.

PaulG · Mar 30, 2022

@Portuge - Thanks James, That plant really
needs some great weather and a larger pot.
Hoping for a good OW specimen from this
one for sure. It's going through an accelera-
tion of growth now.

ChilliCrosser · Mar 31, 2022

I know it's a hybrid but deserves a flower picture here as it's too nice not too, Purple Flowered Baccatum open today.

PaulG · Apr 1, 2022

From the greenhouse - Wild Cumari annuum.
Lots of flowers dropping off, but there are a
few berries forming here and there.

PaulG · Apr 1, 2022

Did not see these on the wild Cumari annuum
yesterday when I took the pic in the last post.

Portuge · Apr 3, 2022

PaulG said:
Did not see these on the wild Cumari annuum
yesterday when I took the pic in the last post.

Wild Cumari Annuum, Like C. Annuum?

ChilliCrosser · Apr 3, 2022

Never gets old

PaulG · Apr 3, 2022

Portuge said:
Wild Cumari Annuum, Like C. Annuum?

That's right, James, a c. annuum variety. The seed
came from @leo72, According to him, the plant was
found on a coffee plantation in Brazil, and surmised
it was a bird-sown seed and usually found in northern
South America. I think it is very similar to a Goat's-
Weed from Venezuela, except small berries instead
of long, pointy 2" pods.

ChilliCrosser · Apr 5, 2022

PI 260567 (C.Baccatum var. baccatum)

ChilliCrosser · Apr 7, 2022

It's taken way too many seeds to get this far, I think my first C.Lanceolatum seeds went in last September and I have done batches since then. At last one that has made it past the radicle stage and popped up!

I sourced seeds from elsewhere, dropped two in and got this in 17 days. I hate being beaten by seeds :lol:

PaulG · Apr 7, 2022

Seventeen days? Not bad, @ChilliCrosser!

Where did those seeds come from? I am about ready to
try for the third time this season.