[CH] C. cardenasii????
Love2Troll (Love2Troll@kc.rr.com)
Sun, 27 Jun 2004 08:21:45 -0500
This one has me wondering if it is true or crossed. And unfortunately it was the worst to germinate of any of my German seed bank varieties & I only have one plant. Here is what it says on their site:
Accession Number: CAP 1530
Scientific Name: Capsicum cardenasii Heiser et Smith
Country of Origin: [unknown]
Donor: NLDBGUNIJM (Bot. Gart. Univ. Nijmegen, Niederlande)
I've read descriptions at a few sites and the foliage seems correct, but the blossoms are not what I would call "tubular" on my plant. If I wait until late in the day or until the blossoms are old I might be able to see some tube-like resemblance, but the new blossoms early in the day are quite wide open and 'normal' looking to me.
Here is the description and photo borrowed from Graeme's Chile-Head database:
"This is a different looking pepper plant with very small leaves, wispy branches and long tubular purple flowers. The pod is 1cm diameter sphere and ripens from dark green to red. Believed to be found only around La Paz, Bolivia. Genetically part of taxa including Capsicum pubescens. Common name: Ulupica. Known to be susceptible to Pepper mild mottle tobamovirus. Very hot. USDA #573336"
And the photo:
http://www.g6csy.net/chile/images/cardenas.jpg
My plant does not have what I would call "very small leaves", but does have somewhat wispy branches. It's at 22" high and about 3 months old.
http://www.fototime.com/94CE914D81B1F60/standard.jpg
The new blossoms early in the day look like the usual capsicum shape. The color is mostly on the inside:
http://www.fototime.com/4916E90CA91BFFE/standard.jpg
The older blossoms and the new blossoms later in the day do change to a somewhat tubular shape if I've had enough beers:
http://www.fototime.com/BD62B6C503EE24F/standard.jpg
Even though it appears that mine may have set some pods it's too early to tell if they will drop off and what the pod shape will be.
I am surprised that any pods did set as there are virtually no pollinators around except for ants & this species is not supposed to self.
What do you pod-heads with C. cardenasii knowledge think? Do I have a possibly crossed plant? Any suggestions?
JohnT