What variety of Thai chilli is this?
The folks at the local Thai Market sold me one of their HOT Thai
pepper plants. I recognize these (and confirmed this with them) as the
hottest variety of Thai peppers they sell (and they're never out on the
fridge shelf—you have to ask for these—and they won't sell
any to you without repeating the warning about how hot they are, and
not to use as many as you use with the regular (also very hot)
Thai Prik). (Btw, they have a third variety that isn't what
I'd call hot at all...it's not much hotter than, say, a tabasco.)
- The whole plant
- Closeup image—As indicated in
the photo, the typical size is 3–4 cm long, and 1 cm
thick at the head/crown/top/whatever it's called...the bit where the
stem attaches [grin].....
Rather Large, Habanero-Shaped Cayenne
In the following photos, both of the two red peppers came from the
same cayenne plant (picked a couple of hours ago). Note, however,
how one of the two looks far more like a habanero than a cayenne.
Strange.... Easily explained by a couple of folks from the Chile-Heads
list, but still cool-looking!
Pepper Garden (Sat/Sun 21–22 Jun 2008)
Mystery (not anymore) Bugs
I was asking about some bugs I've seen on one of my Cayenne
plants—here are the best pics I could get. I don't have a macro
lens for my Nikon (digital) or for my Pentax (film), so I can't get in
really close, but the full-resolution TIFF (or the JPEG made from it)
should (hopefully) be sufficient. If anyone knows what they are, please
let ME know!
- Ok, you wanted higher resolution? You got it! I set my Nikon (digital)
to shoot maximum-resolution TIFF images instead of JPEGs. I can upload
the full (un-cropped) image if needed...but here's the cropped full-res
TIFF and a JPEG made from the TIFF in Photoshop:
The one on the lower-left is the one I was asking about—from
what I've been told so far, based on the non-conclusive lower-res
pics, the others are probably the adults.
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