growing on my roof. Unsure of ID.

[stefpix]

Hi
I have been growing some peppers in pots on my roof.
Some from seeds from imported caribbean peppers and some small plants I bought at the farmers' market...

I am confused about some ID. I wish someone could help me ID, as I wonder if the tag was wrong and some seeds sprouted from a mix of seeds.

I bought this as Pequin wild Mexican. is it right?
the leaves are really small so are the peppers

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=6922301&l=9d248d6cd1&id=631078065


and
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=6922302&l=14efcaccb3&id=631078065


Then I wander if these are Tabasco as I suspect.
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=6922303&l=7e37599a23&id=631078065

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=6922316&l=3021767e14&id=631078065

and these I have no idea.
might be cayenne red peppers i had sprinkled on some plant pots with to keep squirrels away

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=6922317&l=b664b6909a&id=631078065


I hope someone can help me...
so far my favorites are mostly C chinenses and a Hot Lemon [is it C. baccatum?]
wish I could embed the images from a FB album, anyway these links are accessible even if you do not have an account. the images are one after the other so if you click on the first one you can go easily to the next with a mouse click or cursor arrows

best

[Mikho]

I think the tabasco is right, but let's hear more opinions.

[stefpix]

Thanks,
I did not receive the notification. I checked some Tabasco plants at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden and look just like it.


I wonder what I bought as Pequin Wild Mexican, has really small leaves and  many many peppers. Never seen a chile with such small leaves.

thanks
stefano

[MelT]

Your "Pequin Wild Mexican" is very similar to many "Pequin" chile plants I have grown, from several different
sources.  Yours does appear to have unusually small leaves, but mine generally also had small leaves,
flowers and fruits.

For example, compare:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Chile_pequin_fruit_and_flower_closeup.jpg

I think they are best identified as Capsicum annuum var. annuum, along with most of the
common cultivated chiles, but they clearly are much  more primitive than their more modified relatives
like cayennes, jalapenos and bell peppers. 

Whether these C. annuum pequin forms are ever truly wild, or are instead semi-wild or
escaped from early domesticated chiles is a good question.

"Pequin" is often used to indicate a chile fruit size and shape, and not necessarily any particular variety or
species.  Pequin fruits are ones that are very small and are elongated and pointed-tipped compared to the
similarly small but more rounded "tepin" fruit type. By this concept, different "pequin chiles" could belong to
different species of Capsicum. 
[For an example of a C. frutescens "Pequin" see http://chilifoorumi.fi/index.php?topic=5523.0]

I agree that the other plant does look to be Tabasco [C. frutescens]

[stefpix]

Thanks,
The leaves of this pequin look almost like velour. It is an interesting plant I could bonsai.

The issue is that the peppers are so timy could be hard to harvest or use. They started dark green almost black and now are turning into orange / red.

I will have to post photos of what I bought as a 'Bhuta Jolokia' [sic] but today I looked at the peppers and way too small. Not even sure if it is a C chinense. Wonder what is the easiest way to upload / attach photos here...
Anyway thanks for your help.

I just got a bunch of caribbean scotch bonnet shaped chocolate brown peppers at a haitian store. They are hot and smell great. Will save and sow the seeds. Maybe sow seeds now.

I get a lot of peppers at ethnic sores and most germinate readily. Some have some purple spots but I wonder if it is a temporary color before full ripeness

thanks for your input

stefano