Hot Pepper 'Ulupica'

Ulupica
Capsicum: Cardenasii
Origin: Bolivia
PI:
Scoville units: 100,000
Blossom end shape: blunt<...Read Morebr /> Fruit position and shape: erect, round
Fruit size and color: BB shot, green > red
Calyx shape: saucer shaped, 5 teeth
Flower: erect, rotate, small
Petals/Spots: purple/white star burst w/yellow
Filament color: white
Anther color: purple
Habit: sprawling bush
Stem: pubescent
Leaves: smooth, relatively small
Germ. Time: 3wk. > 3mo.
Maturity: 100 days
Plant height: 24-36"
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This hybrid form is probably an answer to many questions around wild c.eximiums and domesticated c.pubescens'. It appears to exist both as an established, truly wild form (in Bolivia), and as an ad hoc crossing between these species. As a plant, it tends to be large - a lot bigger than small-berried, truly wild c.eximiums, and even larger than many c.pubescens plants. The leaves are somewhat pubescent and the general habit of the plant is rather erect, bushy, much less sprawling than that of its wilder cousins.
Obtaining fruit sets is difficult as the pods do not readily self pollinate. Like the Rocoto, the Ulupica has purple flowers.
Credits & Sources: thechileman Ulupica

I haven´t yet got any of ripe pods, but it seems it can't stop flowering. There are dozens of flowers open at same time, and over one hu...Read Morendred buds in the plant.
I will add my opinion about ripe peppers when I get those.

Native to Bolivia and one of the ancestral species that led to domesticated capsicums. Will not self, but will cross in both dire...Read Morections to C. eximium and as a female to C. pubescens.

I'm growing it (& C. eximium) to use in crossing experiments with C. pubescens.

Most of the above info is from UC Davis

A 1/ 4 imch diameter Bolivian pepper. Blue flowers.