Naga Jolokia is sometimes used for a C.Frutescence and a C.Chinense.
Dorset Naga is the British version of Bhut Jolokia etc.
Bhut Jolokia and Dorset Naga are thaught to be relatives to the Naga Morich somewhere down the line.The Naga Morich was taken to various places and grown and over time might have evolved into the Bhut etc. pepper.
Bhut jolokia ended up having Frutensce and chinense genes.

Here is a link.

http://www.fiery-foods.com/dave/sagajolokia.asp

bhut jolokia is open-pollinated; you can save the seeds and expect them to grow true

Shelbyguy does this mean that a Bhut Jolokia grown beside another pepper type will still produce pure Bhut Jolokia from the seeds?? ie not hybridize at all??

Thanks

Ravi

trfanatic, Bhut Jolokia (or any open pollinated pepper for that matter) can cross pollinate with another type of pepper if the plants are close together. The seeds from those pods will not grow pure Bhut Jolokia plants if the cross pollination occurs. Open pollinated, (in this usage at least) means that if you eliminate cross pollination with other varieties (by distance or bagging or caging, etc.), and the flowers are pollinated by other Bhut Jolokia flowers, the seeds will grow true Bhut Jolokias. That is not true for hybrids, no matter what you do to control pollination.

Hybrid seeds are produced with controlled crosses between two different varieties of open pollinated peppers. It may involve taking apart young flowers and removing parts to get the correct pollen to the correct pistal. The seeds from the controlled cross grow hybrid plants that are all very similar. No matter how the hybrids are pollinated, they will not produce seed that grows true....it could be close or wildly different, really no way to know until you grow them out. The only way to get the true hybrid seed is to cross the original parents again. And that is often a trade secret. That's why hybrid seed can be so costly.

If you want to save seed from your Bhut Jolokia and be sure it isn't crossed, you will need to use some type of isolation technique. Without that you cannot be sure if your seed is true. Many times the peppers do self pollinate though and the seeds are fine then....Just no way for you to know until you grow them. Many times people here will swap seed that they say is open pollinated. That means they did not isolate the flowers and there is a possibility the seeds will not grow true. I've heard various percentages thrown around for cross pollintion rates. Sounds like it depends alot on how many insect pollinators you have around and how many and how close various varieties are. Also, some types are known to cross alot more than others.