Pictures would be nice.

I believe you could have the Ristra Cayenne. Curling is characteristic of this hybrid species.

Here is a link that might be useful: Curling Cayenne

Golden cayenne

Mystery cayenne

yea, looks like Rista Cayenne. thats how they looked when I grew them. Very Curly.

Not sure exact species, but I have a red cayenne that does that too. Doesn't seem to affect the nice flavor or heat that it has..

I have Long Red Slim Cayenne and they do that all the time. I just picked 3 that looked like that.
Pam

Ok thank you. It doesn't really matter I was just curious. It looks like the straight one might be the outlier.

I grew some that looked like that a few years ago. The tag said they were "Hybrid Hungarians"

Mine looked like that when they were small and I thought nothing of it as I've always seen curly peppers before.

Not sure on specific genetics, but I got these cayennes from a rather respected local greenhouse (that does mostly organic and some hybrid plants).

They curled around everything, stems, leaves, each other, and even the cage, so might want to check them once and a while to make sure that you won't need to break them to get em free.

We were visiting a farm yesterday. They were selling peppers tagged as Cayenne that were all curly. I was thinking that they are mislabeled, as I have always envisioned Cayenne as smooth and straight. BUT now I know that I have been wrong. Live and learn !