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[varg]

In the first half of this year I crosspollinated some C.chinense plants.
In the first experiment Pimenta Biquinho de Bico was a mother plant

and father plant was Pink Habanero.


In the second experiment Pimenta Biquinho de Bico was a father plant and Rocotillo (C.chinense) was a mother plant.


On the 3d October first seeds of the both hybrids germinated.
After a month they looked so:



After 40 days from germinating Pimenta Biquinho de Bico X Pink Habanero plant looked so:


43 days passed & man could see a first rudiment of a bud at that plant:


On the 22d November 4 bud rudiments appeared on the Rocotillo X Pimenta_Biquinho de Bico plant:


December 2 Rocotillo X Pimenta Biquinho de Bico's 1st flower opening began:


At the same time Pimenta Biquinho de Bico X Pink Habanero first buds looked so:


On the 9th December Rocotillo X Pimenta Biquinho de Bico's first fruit forming began:


Three days later the first pod began forming at Pimenta Biquinho de Bico X Pink Habanero:


Nowadays the pods of my hybrids look so:
-- Pimenta Biquinho X Pink Habanero



-Rocotillo X Pimenta Biquinho de Bico



P.S. Both hybrid plants have been growing indoor under HPS 250W lamp.

[aka Woop]

beautiful report of a very interesting experiment
please keep posting your updates

[il bolgherese]

Congratulations for the explanation

[varg]

aka Woop, on 30 December 2011 - 08:11 AM, said:

beautiful report of a very interesting experiment
please keep posting your updates

OK, I'll do!

[vitagliano]

Complimenti Varg

[varg]

vitagliano, on 30 December 2011 - 09:04 AM, said:

Complimenti Varg

Grazie, vitagliano!

[Piccantilly]

Thank you Varg, very interesting

[Lonewolf]

Nice documentation!
It will be interesting to follow the develop of these hybrids

[HoRuS]

[varg]

The first pod of the Rocotillo X Pimenta Biquinho hybrid has begun changing its colour. Now it's orange:

[infuocato]

WOW
beautiful plants and fruits are very interesting

[bubi]

great

[varg]

The first ripe fruit at one of my hybrids:


It took it 100 days to become ripe. Not bad for C. chinense pepper, isn't it?

[varg]

The first pod of the Pimenta Biquinho X Pink Habanero hybrid has begun changing its colour.

On the eve of a taste test:

[varg]

Yesterday was a taste test day. There were 7 fruits of the Rocotillo X Pimenta Biquinho hybrid. Some fruits were red i.e. fully ripe & some fruits were orange.


All of them were crunchy & juicy. The red pods had quite strong chinense aroma. It was something like apricot flavour too. The heat level was very low (0,5-1 of 10).


The orange pods had less chinense flavour than the red ones.

[vitagliano]

Nice fruits

[varg]

Another one taste test.


I took first 4 pods of Pimenta Biquinho X Pink Habanero hybrid, the fruits were ripe or half ripe.


These hybrid pods are little hotter than Rocotillo X Pimenta Biquinho ones. Moderate chinense aroma. Crunchy, quite juicy but not so juicy like Rocotillo X Pimenta Biquinho. IMHO, it tastes similar to his "father", i.e. Pink Habanero.
In general, a decent hybrid for those who like сhinense fruits with low heat level.

[varg]

Some photos of Pimenta Biquinho X Pink Habanero and Rocotillo X Pimenta Biquinho F1 hybrids:

[Piccantilly]

the fruits are beautiful and, for their low hot level, just offer them as an appetizer, an original appetizer

[Mario]

Hi Varg, compliments for the pepperses. But those that you call Pimenta Biquiho and a cupetiho