To answer OP's question, For the average, hobbyist, grower, does it really matter?, my opinion is no. Knowing the full family tree of the pepper you're growing, Kingdom: Plantae Phylum (Division): Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Solanales Family: Solanaceae Genus: Capsicum Species: annuum var. glabriusculum a waste of time along with knowing every Species. But knowing traits of the Species to help identify it, how many times does this forum get ID requests, a helpful tool, How Do I Identify The Species Of My Chile Plant?. I've been looking for a ID chart on leaf variance but can't find one, we all know the difference between Chinense & Annuum, don't we? NECM

The pepper plant in the post above from 9/5/14 finally had some pods that ripened. The pods didn't turn that vivid red that my jalapenos and other thai pepper plant did. Instead, it was more of a burnt orange color. Interestingly, this is the same pepper plant that woohooman said looked line a Chinense variety early on. When I cut into the pods, they had an odor much like a habanero and it was quite hot (much hotter than my Bonnie Thai Hot). The seeds themselves even looked more like habanero seeds I have. So it's a bit interesting in that the leaves, seeds, and odor of the peppers seem more consistent with a habanero. But the pod shape (as you can see in the picture above) is certainly more consistent with a Thai variety.

Choose between the two options at each numbered step to determine the correct species of chile pepper. 1 Seeds dark, corolla purple . . . . . . C. pubescens Seeds straw-colored, corolla white or greenish-white (rarely purple) . . . . . . continue to 2 2 Corolla with diffuse yellow spots at bases of lobes . . . . . . C. baccatum Corolla without diffuse yellow spots at bases of lobes . . . . . . continue to 3 3 Corolla purple . . . . . . continue to 4 Corolla white or greenish-white . . . . . . continue to 5 4 Flowers solitary . . . . . . C. annuum Flowers two or more at each node . . . . . . C. chinense 5 Calyx of mature fruit with annular (i.e., ring-like) constriction at junction with pedicel . . . . . . C. chinense Calyx of mature fruit without annular constriction at junction with pedicel . . . . . . continue to 6 6 Flowers solitary . . . . . . continue to 7 Flowers two or more at each node . . . . . . continue to 8 7 Corolla milky white, lobes usually straight, pedicels often declining at anthesis (i.e., the period during which     a flower is fully open and functional) . . . . . . C. annuum Corolla greenish white, lobes usually slightly revolute (i.e., rolled backward from the tip or margins to the     undersurface), pedicels erect at anthesis . . . . . . C. frutescens 8 Corolla milky white . . . . . . C. annuum Corolla greenish white . . . . . . continue to 9 9 Pedicels erect at anthesis, corolla lobes usually slightly revolute . . . . . . C. frutescens Pedicels declining at anthesis, corolla lobes straight . . . . . . C. chinense (Adapted from Appendix II, page 2, Genetic Resources of Capsicum, International Board for Plant Genetic Resources, 1983 [Crop Genetic Resources Centre, Plant Production and Protection Division, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations]) Thanks to NorthEast_ChileMan (Paul) for contributing this information.

This succulent is a Haworthia limifolia, which is a lower light succulent (doesn't want direct sun). I needs a pot w/ a drainage hole w/out question, can be clay or plastic but MUST have drainage hole or this plant risks root rot. Also, pls. remove that mossy stuff on top, it's also conducive to rot. Nice plant, doesn't look 'down' to me, What do you mean by that? Lena