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4th January 2016 #121
Hot peppers are quite rare here for some reason..The only ones they really have here are Labuyo which is a bit like birds eye chili`s.. The rest are pretty mild.
A guy from the U.S kindly sent me some seeds from his last harvest..Some real hotties.. Here`s how they are growing thus far.
Cant remember the name of these ones but you have probably seen them at the market..They are great stuffed with soft cheese battered and deep fried..Hot poppers!! Yum.
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4th January 2016 #124
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Sorry the picture quality is rubbish. I did try. Had to borrow my wife's camera and could find a decent Macro mode.
Anyway, here's my chillie bush flower:-
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4th January 2016 #125
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Those chillies are very small but usually pack a nice punch. The quality and heat unpredictable though
Fred if you look closely at the flower, it is very similar to yours fred.
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4th January 2016 #126
They look like Labuyo to me but there are other Taiwanese variations that are similar called birds eye sold here but not as hot..Labuyo`s are between 80,and 100,000 Schoville heat units..
Flowers are often the same with subtle differences...Google baccatum pepper flower and annum pepper flower..Mine is a. Annum flower.Then there are Frutescense and chinense peppers and another that I have forgotten!
Anyway,here`s the low down on different pepper varieties..
Its a hell of a learning curve!
https://www.reddit.com/r/HotPeppers/...efer_annum_or/
Anyway here are some more pics of siling Labuyo flowers which I think are exactly like yours..Its a Capsicum frutescen BTW.
I have 5 of these growing in pots right now..I`ll post a pic in a month or so.
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4th January 2016 #127
We call that santan, scientific name Ixora coccinea https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ixora_coccinea. When I was a kid, I use to eat the nectar of that flower because it is sweet. We remove the very thin stick looking thing in the middle of a flower (1 small piece) and the nectar will appear.
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7th January 2016 #129
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The " flame of the forest " ( Ixora coccinea / Santan pula ) was actually featured on a P4 stamp issued in 1998 as part of commemoratives for the Florikutura ‘98 International Garden Festival, San Fernando, Pampanga. The illustrations for the series were from " Flowers of the Philippines " by Manuel Blanco.
It’s included in this block :-
Other flowers were illustrated in this block :-
.... and in this " miniature sheet " :-
These were originally " posted " in my " Philippines Stamps ... " thread, #19, which may be of interest, even to non-stamp collectors ( http://filipinaroses.com/showthread....over-160-years ).
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8th January 2016 #130
Thanks Doc..It looks a little like the Pagoda flower?
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8th January 2016 #131
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Not my area of expertise, Fred, but I certainly learn from your interesting posts ! I’m sure Rayna was correct in identifying your plant as " Santan " / Ixora coccinea, but the " pagoda flower " has similarities ( in Malaysia an infusion of this plant is drunk as a purgative and applied externally to distended stomachs ).
http://www.kew.org/science-conservat...-pagoda-flower
Here in sunny Scarborough my " Christmas cacti " ( Schlumbergera truncata ) flower not only at Christmas but also Easter and other times of the year - indoors of course !
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17th May 2016 #132
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17th May 2016 #134
Stick some chilli's in there, you may get hot n spicy banana's
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23rd June 2017 #136
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WOW!!! its grown that much in 1 year ?, thats grown from what a seed or small banana Plant.
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23rd June 2017 #137
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The watering systems can all be done on timers if you want, i used to work for Hozelock, and still have some contacts there .
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23rd June 2017 #139
Yup,most hydro systems nowadays are pump and timer rather than passive,if I lived in pinas I would have one of those big poly-tunnels or glasshouses and a couple of beehives,always wanted to try apiculture
Sometimes you're flush and sometimes you're bust, and when you're up, it's never as good as it seems, and when you're down, you never think you'll be up again. But life goes on.
The beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears, the figure that she carries, or the way she combs her hair. The beauty of a woman is seen in her eyes, because that is the doorway to her heart, the place where love resides. True beauty in a woman is reflected in her soul. It's the passion that she shows to the outside world.
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Fascinating stuff !
I will be there next Tuesday, ready to sort out our acre around the house.
Some food for thought (and to eat ) .
We already have bananas, mangoes, and pineapples.
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24th June 2017 #141
Great thread lot's of interesting stuff, love it
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24th June 2017 #142
That last pic is about two months old Harry.. The banana plants kind of spawn from the mother plant..I just dug it up and put it in that pot.. The ones I left in the ground are twice as large but still no signs of fruit..No idea what happened to be honest??
That pot now has three young plants in it spawned from the plant above..I wonder what they will do?
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24th June 2017 #143
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24th June 2017 #147
We have the mother in law here at the mo. I have no idea what she planted in my garden, she's taken over! I've been told by Harlene there is ginger, spring onions... Then this morning when I asked what she was watering, oh that's the tomatoes and squash she planted!
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23rd August 2021 #148
A small portion of our very first ever Avocado harvest.. Not too shabby!
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24th August 2021 #149
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Excellent Fred.
I had 3 really big Avocado trees in my garden in Angeles City, when I lived there years ago. Huge crops, and easy and profitable to sell . We consumed a lot ourselves too, of course... making them into shakes and ice candy, etc.
I think we do have at least one small Avocado tree in this garden of ours now.
Here's the view out of the front door this morning:
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25th August 2021 #150
Very nice Graham!
Look at all that glorious Vitamin D!
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