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!

• Overhead view of all three w/ ruler
• View of the bottom of the real habanero and the hab-shaped cayenne
• View of the tops....

Pepper Garden (Sat/Sun 21–22 Jun 2008)

• Main view...at an odd angle...oh well
• Cayennes (thirsty, even with tons of rain lately)
• Another of the Cayenne plants
• Still another of the Cayenne plants
• Habaneros
• Close-in view of two Habanero plants
• 3 Tabasco plants (survivors from 2006/2007)
• Tabascos planted from seeds (left/middle rows) and Chile Pequins (Texas variety) on the far right (the one in front is a survivor from last year; the rest were planted from seeds)

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:
  • TIFF image (1.877 MB)
  • JPEG image (309 kB)
  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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