I havent seeb a spicy clone that looks like this one...it looks painted

Bryan, did you grow this one yourself? I have noticed when I give it a LOT of sun (but foliar feed it otherwise it burns!) then it gets that dark red sun-tanning. Then it gets that 'painted look' you are talking about HDD. But in strong, indirect light, the green stripes are much more pronounced but still with that red 'spicy' spots on it but no painted look. Too much shade and the spicy-ness also disappears.

Very nice plant, bryan!

Japie

I grow it under polycarbonate sheeting with no shade cloth. I have been doing alot of testing for the last few years to see what I can get away with.You would be surprised how much light you can give plants. My theory is push it to the limit and see what happens. If you burn a few things so what. I also water this area of plants everyday. Atleast while the heat is here.