aropupu 3 Posted June 14, 2012 Trichomes of C. flexuosum (PI 631154) Trichomes of C. flexuosum (PI 631154) This is the absolute limit of what my equipment can do, but it's still very hard to see any proper details about the trichomes in these pictures. The pubescenses are the easiest in this sense as their hairs seem to be the largest. Maybe i should really start thinking about getting an actual macro lens. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
aropupu 3 Posted June 14, 2012 And some other quick updates: unknown pratermissumlike (C. sp) The flowers on this one are starting to look more and more like a typical praetermissum. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
aropupu 3 Posted June 14, 2012 Apache x Chokoladka F1 (annuum × annuum) It seems this hybrid takes forever to ripen it's fruits. The transformation from green to red trough brown started over a month ago and is still not complete! This is not a good trait to have. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
aropupu 3 Posted June 14, 2012 Habanero market x Big Papa (chinense × annuum) It seems i have yet another succesfull cross. From the size of the calyx i'll deduce that this fruit will grow quite a bit more from this. The colors in this photo are a bit brightened and the fruit seems dark purple, for the naked eye it's pure brown. This is the unripe color, this should ripen to red. The pollen parent had an interesting unripe color too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lonewolf 18,622 Posted June 14, 2012 Wow! This is the absolute limit of what my equipment can do, but it's still very hard to see any proper details about the trichomes in these pictures. The properties that have some meanings are the number of cells per thricome (one or many), the presence of branches (dendritic thricomes) and the presence of a gland at the top (glandular thricomes) In your photos we can see for sure multicellular thricomes in C.pubescens, perhaps some glndular thricomes in C.rhomboideum and (maybe, but I'm not sure) some dendritic thricomes in C.galapagoense. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nipotastro 1,440 Posted June 14, 2012 And some other quick updates: unknown pratermissumlike (C. sp) The flowers on this one are starting to look more and more like a typical praetermissum. ...and i really love it! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
aropupu 3 Posted June 28, 2012 Jamaican Bell × Lemon Drop F1 (C. baccatum var. umbilicatum × baccatum var. pendulum) Jamaican Bell × Lemon Drop F1 (C. baccatum var. umbilicatum × baccatum var. pendulum) Finally the first ripe homemade crosses, Three pods plus the testbed for the taste Lots of variation in fruit form in the same plant, this trait comes from Jamaican Bell and seems to be dominant. Taste is pleasant, but not especially fruity or strong. There's a lot more sweetness than either of the parents had, but i'm growing this one in a hydroponic system whereas i grew the parents in soil, which will most likely be the cause of the difference in sweetness. Pungency is clearly higher than in the seed parent, Jamaican Bell, but also clearly milder than with the pollinator Lemon Drop. I've understood that with the next generation i'll have variation in the pungency from the milder parent to the hotter parent in a more or less linear scale, but i have no idea how pungency inherits to F1, e.g. if it's 50/50 or what, but this one seems to be on the milder side. Then again, growing conditions affect pungency a lot too. After the picture was taken, the bread slice in the latter picture got a few slices of soya cheese on top and a few moments in the microwave. After this, eating it required no heavy breathing of any sort and i only started to feel any proper pungency after the whole thing was already gone. When eating slices of the pods as such, the pungency was more clear and sharp, but diminished ultra-quick, like 20-30 seconds or so. I'm very pleased with this experiment and will continue with the F2 next year, after which we'll see if this is an "just fine" variaty or if we'll find some actually really nice combination of taste/pungency 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lonewolf 18,622 Posted June 28, 2012 Very nice report and good hybrid! the bread slice in the latter picture got a few slices of soya cheese on top and a few moments in the microwave Mmmm ... I would like to try it with some slices of lard or sausage with garlic Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
