[CH] African devil chiles

Margaret Lauterbach (mlaute@micron.net)
Mon, 03 Aug 1998 07:05:01 -0600

I have two different African chile plants that are not like two peas in a
pod.  One is over two feet tall, chiles about 4 inches long.  The other
plant is about 14 inches tall, and has a very thin tapered chile, about 1
and 1/4 inches long, about 3/16 inch wide at the widest portion.  Obviously
there's some contaminated seed, but I don't know which chile to rogue out.
Which do I believe is an African devil chile?  I also have a chile called a
"Devil chile" and it's a completely different animal from the African
chiles.  Leaves are much larger.  The blossoms on both crook downward just
behind the blossom.  I think I was told once this was typical of baccatum
blossoms.  ???  Thanks very much, Margaret Lauterbach mlaute@micron.net