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Wild, Indeed, Community Thread

Just getting this started so I can get a url.
I will post more about this in a couple of days.
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Happy New Year, 2021!
 
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Awesome! The Peach Frutescens will be a
massive ball of foliage, flowers and pods by
summer's end!
 
The OW c. cardenasii looks like it has a future
as a bonchi once you are done OW-ing it!
 
bpiela said:
What is this Peach Frutescens?  I thought all fruts were red...  Plants look great!
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Thanks.  It's nice to have finally reached the point where things are starting to take off.
 
The story is...  Bhuter got a few seeds of a variety labeled "Peach Frutescens Amazonia 2017," which I believe came from Chris Phillips.  He shared 2 of his seeds with me and planted a couple himself.  I ended up with one sprout from the 2 seeds (Bhuter struck out with it), so I'm pretty focused on getting this thing to produce so I can share back.
 
Anyhow, I've haven't seen any pictures or discussion of this variety searching online, so I'm not sure what to expect - kinda cool with it being a surprise, though.  What I do know is it's growing super bushy - and did so even before any pruning - and looks like it will flower densely.
 
First pods have set on the Cumari Wild #1
(white seed) from Leo72:
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Most of the wilds that germinated mid-February.
Three baccatums in the back:
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Will post more individual plant pics once
we pass the 12-week mark. The wild plants
are getting tall, except for the 'Tolito' (front center).
 
Chilly weather returns, so plants back inside.
 
The plants in the #2 pots are the wilds that
germinated around the one-month mark.
These #2's will be their forever homes.
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Blue Mystery far left. The rest are Cumaris -  Pollux x2,
Flibu and Wild #2.
 
A few images of galapagoense :) A very special plant, silky-soft. A lot of flower, but still not a single fruit  :confused:  The plant copes very well with the local climate, but perhaps it's very picky on the temperatures to set fruit. The Galapagos islands are (very) warm, but not exactly hot (in my subjective opinion). Wouldn't it be ironical that I'm able to grow this plants for years without effort, but for it to bear fruit a Cali-PNW climate would be just ideal  :shocked:  Even so, it's one of the very few pepper plants I'll be convinced to grow even though it won't give me a single pepper :)
 
 
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ahayastani said:
A few images of galapagoense :) A very special plant, silky-soft. A lot of flower, but still not a single fruit  :confused:  The plant copes very well with the local climate, but perhaps it's very picky on the temperatures to set fruit. The Galapagos islands are (very) warm, but not exactly hot (in my subjective opinion). Wouldn't it be ironical that I'm able to grow this plants for years without effort, but for it to bear fruit a Cali-PNW climate would be just ideal  :shocked:  Even so, it's one of the very few pepper plants I'll be convinced to grow even though it won't give me a single pepper :)
 
 
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I had the same experience a few years back
when I grew a c. galapagoense. Tons of
flowers, but only a tiny picking of pods. It
was in a large container, say 30 liter, and
got about 40"' tall and very bushy, but
fruit setting not so much.
 
You galap is looking great!  The variety and differences in growth habit, foliage, structure, etc. of many of the wilds alone is enough for a rewarding grow, but getting to ripe pods is always the final goal, of course.  I've found sometimes as the season cools off certain varieties will go through their preferred conditions for setting, so hopefully yours will find its groove and start producing soon.  Heck, mine's just sitting around growing about an mm/ day waiting for the weather to be warm enough to get moving.
 
CaneDog said:
You galap is looking great!  The variety and differences in growth habit, foliage, structure, etc. of many of the wilds alone is enough for a rewarding grow, but getting to ripe pods is always the final goal, of course.  I've found sometimes as the season cools off certain varieties will go through their preferred conditions for setting, so hopefully yours will find its groove and start producing soon.  Heck, mine's just sitting around growing about an mm/ day waiting for the weather to be warm enough to get moving.
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Our plants must be from the same seed pod!
 
Time for a bit of an update. These pictures taken
on April 30th.
 
Wiri Wiri, c. chinense, true strain, wiriwiri via CaneDog, 2019  100%
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The triplets on the left, just started budding. 
Single plant on the right, flowering. #1 nursery 
pots:
 
Pequin MX, c. annuum v Glabriusculum, Chihuahua, Mexico 2019 - seed train  50%
Yellow Pequin G2, c. annuum v Glabriusculum, PtMD989/Smokemaster  100%
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The Mexican Chiltepin is the tallest of all the
plants, about 31" when this photo taken.
 
From Devv's loving hands, these beauties from Seguin, Texas...
 
Chili ‘Seguin’, c. annuum v Glabriusculum, wild-collected, Devv 2020  33%
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The plant on the right is a triple fork.
 
Cumari, wild collected #1, white seed, c.praet/bacc v B, Brazil, leo72 2019  67%
c. chacoense, purple flower, GIP via wiriwiri 2018  17%
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The c. chacoense is covered with small, light
purple flowers. A very delicate looking plant.
Both Cumaris are setting pods. The purple
chacoense is one of the 3-4 tallest plants.
 
Rocopica G2,  c. cardenasii x XL Brown Rocoto, my pods 2020, orig. CaneDog:
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These are late starts. Had to germinate these
in the AeroGarden after the first seeding failed
due to operator error. The plant on the right had
a little sun and wind exhaustion, but now, in the
garage under the fluorescent lights, it looks perky
again.
 
Blue Mystery, c. praetermissum ? baccatum ?, wiriwiri, 2020  67%
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Looks a bit ragged. Hoping it perks up a bit.
 
Cumari Pollux,  c. praetermissum, Brazil, Pepper Guru 2019  67%:
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Cumari, wild collected #2, brown seed, c.praet/bacc v B, Brazil, leo72 2019  17%
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All three of leo72's wild-collected cumaris
are vigorous, beautiful plants.
 
Pr0digal_son said:
Looks like C.frutescens from that angle.
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I was hoping you would chime in, John!
 
The petals have a slight yellow-green
shading at the tips.
 
I'll try to get some better pics when some
flowers open in a place I can photograph
the insides.
 
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