I gardened at a community garden this summer, and after the last day, gardeners are allowed to pick from plots that were abandoned. I collected several peppers, but many do not have names. I'd like to save seeds from a few if I can figure out what they are. I know they may not come true, as peppers cross quite easily, but I'd still like to know what I have. I plan on dehydrating everything, and it would be great to know what they are so I can look up recipes to use them in! I know that several of these are a long shot to ID, but maybe someone out there recognizes some of these like the back of their hand. I am happy to share seeds with anyone who helps out. Thanks so much!

1. I know that these are Cayenne peppers, most likely common. But, maybe the length will tell something different? Not sure!

2. It kind of looks like a cayenne... but I don't think it is. What a weird shape!

3. No idea:

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6. Looks similar to 5, but is much smaller, and is a little different, not sure!

7. Didn't know if this was even worth posting, because there are a zillion red bells. Here it is anyways:

8. Super tiny pepper. Only one was left on the plant when harvesting! I have a lot of tiny peppers, but none shaped like this:

9. An orange Cayenne?

10. Orange Bhut Jolokia? I have red bhut jolokias, but haven't seen orange.

(Here are red bhut jolokias for comparison)

11. The plant I harvested these habaneros off of were all super small. Is it just a regular orange habanero, or are there varieties that produce only very small ones?

12. Yellow habaneros?

13. Some kind of banana pepper?

14. A fatter banana? No idea.

15. A large pepper!

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18. My best guess is California Wonder. Thoughts?

19. Can't tell if this is a poblano, a bell pepper or what!

20. A nice red bell pepper (I know these are a long shot)

21. I thought this was an odd shade of green. It appears to be turning slightly orange or red.

22. Please tell me I have peach bhut jolokias here!

23. A smooth habanero? Have never seen them before. I think it might be an easy variety to ID though.

24. I am not sure if these are all from the same plant. The one on the top left looks kind of like a tomato!

25. I thought this was truly bizarre. There were several plants next to each other, and every single pepper was severely stressed. Is this a trait of a certain variety? I thought they looked amazing! I have never seen so many peppers with all of the same stress.

26. I believe these are all from the same plant, but I could be wrong:

27. May or may not be from the same plant. ahh!

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30. A certain type of habanero? These all had some sort of point.

31. All of these habaneros, or whatever they are, didn't have a point, so I separated them.

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35. I think the middle 2 look different than the outer two.

For larger images/more images of all of the peppers, here is a link to flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/redthreaddiy/sets/72157631752935180/with/ 8080305207/

If you have multiple plants to identify, it is helpful if you post them in increments of 3-5 at a time. Posts with more than 5 plants can be intimidating and time consuming so you are likely to get your questions answered faster with smaller sets.