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Capsicum pubescens plants have finally flowered. The flowers are a lovely purple colour, and together with the black/brown seeds, are diagnostic characteristics of this species. These plants are from seeds saved from this post
Interesting Fruits from Dieng Plateau.
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| An eight-petaled flower of Capsicum pubescens 'Cabe Gendot Dieng'. |
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| The stems of Capsicum pubescens are hairy and so are the buds. |
Hopefully the flower can set fruit but I am not putting much hope since the weather is getting quite warm during the day. By the way, they are called Cabe Gendot by the locals i.e. fat/plump chilli as the fruits are plump (err fat) and short, unlike the thin and short Capsicum fructescens or the long Capsicum annuum. The name is also used for Capsicum chinense in Indonesia.
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| The half open bud. Flowers emerge singly or in doubles. Some of the double buds end up with one of them being aborted. |
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| Some of the plants do not colour up with purple internodes or purplish stems but remains all green. |
The flower is so pretty.
ReplyDeleteSuburnya your fig at the background.
Sibling dia kat sini kesian tak cukup kasih sayang kut daun sikit je.
I think the hot weather is making some of the buds to drop :-( The fig at the back is LSU Gold. Yang dr Bob tu we had 31 little figlets, tapi the plant tak cukup air masa kami di Laos, jadi habis gugur daun dan putik, hahaha. Dah jadi winter balik. Bila Diana free, nak pass biji cili tu, Vasconcellea dan Calotropis. Hari minggu free tak?
DeleteSaturday/Sunday free :). Mehlah dengan Bob.
DeleteBanyaknya figlets.
Bob kata "We will only come if there is a friendly turkey", hahahaha
DeleteThe lonely turkey is very friendly hehehe...
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ReplyDeleteDid your Cabe Gendot plants set fruit? I have 4 plants producing heavily here in Northwest Louisiana…They are protected from the harsh afternoon sun by the shade of a large tree…High temperatures are now in the mid-90sºF, and they continue to blossom and set new pods…
ReplyDeleteHi Gary, no the flowers drop and never set fruit. With the heat and humidity, I am also fighting a bacterial leaf spot infection. Good to hear that even in the mid-90F they still set pods. How's the humidity like at your place? I am hoping towards the end of the year I would be able to get a few pods.
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