C. lanceolatum

[JohnF]

Very slow growing. Two months old and 1.5 inches high.

[bassino]

Wow, very nice John! I've never seen a picture of it. It would be interesting to see it growing so please keep on posting pictures here.

[Nike]

Uh oh  :shock:  That`s a real special plant there! Looks almost like it has small thorns on the leaf edges?

From what I read it`s highly endangered? Please do your best to spread the seed to keep them hanging on (I`m sure you`ll do just that).

[JohnF]

Not thorny-just hairy. I will baby it and hope it produces.

A description from 1974 : "a slender shrub with leaves in pairs, very unequal in size and different shape, the larger leaves mostly lanceolate and the smaller leaves ovate"--Gentry and Standley

[luca]

Nice, John!

It looks really good! And even though the seedling is still quite small, it's already possible to see the different leaf shapes on it

Well done! I hope this plants gets very productive at some point so the future of this species will be brighter!

[Amd]

i've never even heard about it, hope you get it to bare fruits.

[Aji Inferno]

Wow... That's a rare one!

Good luck with that baby - I doubt there are many in the world these days... Let's hope we can all one day share seeds of these very rare plants to help to keep them alive!

[cmpman1974]

Wow John, 2 1/2 months of growth and only 5-6 leaves.  It seems like getting ripe fruit from this species will be quite a challenge.

Out of curiousity, how does the growth rate of C. Galapagoense compare?   I have one plant started, but the growth rate is so slow.  I am not sure if it's stunted and won't go much further or the normal growth rate is like this.  

Chris

[JohnF]

Chris

The first time I grew them they were very slow to germinate and grew very slowly at first but eventually grew more rapidly. A friend reported  slow germination but rapid growth.

[Amd]

i wonder why people always seem to grow those that are more slow and difficult in soil?

shouldnt hydro help with those more nasty varietes?

[Fatalii]

Damn!
Way to go Johnny-boy!!!

Finally something new!

Hope I'll be able to get those seeds soon!
I'd definitely grow that one on hydroponic system!

[bassino]

i wonder why people always seem to grow those that are more slow and difficult in soil?

shouldnt hydro help with those more nasty varietes?

Well, I personally have a totally different approach to wild species than to chiles I grow mainly/only for eating. It's much more interesting to see them grow in a more natural way.

Fatalii has one C. galapagoense growing in hydro. Interesting to see how big and productive it gets. http://juuri.org/fatalii/?u=g&c=new&id=3747

[Fatalii]

Well that's true, but the ones that have been grown on soil already... it's fun to try them on hydro to see how they grow!
My galapagoense on the soil is still small tiny seedling.

[Aji Inferno]

I managed to kill most of my truly rare, interesting capsicums during this winter, due to conditions I couldn't control... Still, some survived, giving valuable information. For example, two different specimens of c.flexuosums proved to be superior in their cold-tolerance to anything (capsicum) I've ever grown...

Also, at least one c.cardenasii/eximium plant survived the freezing temperatures of a Finnish balcony, and seems to be ready for a new growing season! I hope to see some similar, brave, surprises, although the chances are thin...

It's good if many enough people try to grow these wild, rare, endangered plants, in different conditions. From my own experience, many if not most wild capsicums prefer quite different growing conditions from their domesticated relatives. Some (like c.praetermissum, c.chacoense, certain types of c.cardenasii) seem to love almost any conditions. Others, however, can be very picky and thus very difficult to grow...

Still, I don't think too many people have tried to grow c.galapagoense in a Hydro... So these things are definitely worth a try!

[Nike]

John,please post any new photos you take of the Lanceolatum, I`ll pop a beer for every new leaf!  :wink:

[JohnF]

Bad news/Good news

The first lanceolatum is in very poor health. The only thing that gives me any hope for recovery is that the process has been slow.




Another germinated--a month after the first and it looks good so far

[Nike]

Ouch!  But that second one looks healthier already?

[Nike]

This is probably a stupid question,but in both pics the substrate looks very wet; are you sure that`s not an issue?

[JohnF]

Nike

Not a stupid question. It may be a factor (or not) because I did keep the first one damper than usual because it is supposed to be found in "damp forests" --that may have been a mistake. The second continues to do well--picture later.

[Aji Inferno]

Nike

Not a stupid question. It may be a factor (or not) because it det keep the first one damper than usual because it is supposed to be found in "damp forests" --that may have been a mistake. The second continues to do well--picture later.

The ideal growing conditions of these wild devils seem to be a mystery in many cases... Treating them like "ordinary annuums" quite often seems to lead to failures, and yet again it's russian roulet to learn by "trial and error" with rare, even unique plants... I guess it's a part of the horrible fascination of this hobby.

I guess there's quite many of us here holding breath and keeping thumbs up for your little lancies!