Help with Pepper ID's

15 years ago

I have 6 different varieties of hot pepper plants growing in pots on my patio, and I am trying to ID them - mainly so I know when to pick them.

I bought a mixed 4 pack of hot pepper seedlings from a local community organic farm seedling sale. The individual plants were not labeled in the 4 pack. At this point, the farm has removed the order form from their web site, so I don't even know what the 4 varieties were (yes, I know, I should have printed out a hard copy). In addition to this 4 pack, I bought a jalapeno and a habanero seedling from a different farm.

Anyone want to take a guess? I'm including photos of the complete plant, as well as photos of the actual peppers if that helps. At the bottom of the page, I'm including a link to my photobucket hot pepper album if it is easier to look at the images there.

Mystery #1

Mystery #2

Mystery #3

#4 - I think this is the Habanero?

#5 - I think this is the Jalapeno

#6 - I think this is a Cayenne?

Here is a link that might be useful: Hot Pepper Photos

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Comments (8)

chile_freak
15 years ago
1 I believe is hungarian wax
2. is a jalapeno
3 looks like a santa fe grande or similsr
4. looks like a pale poblano or pimento(possibly even a bell)
5.looks like another variety of jalapeno
6. is a long red slim(slightly larger cayenne variety
they seem to be coming along hope this helps some,
looks like they are all C. annuums though dont see anything that looks like a C. chinense they family habanero belongs to

this is an orange hab
one of the 18 varieties of C. chinense I am growing this year, sorry it is an old pic, been to busy at the hotel to get more recent pics, wedding season you know,good luck and good growing
pixie_lou
Original Author
15 years ago
Thanks chili freak. With your guidance and a bit more googling, I think the cayenne variety is a "ring of fire", and I think the 3rd one is a matchbox. And I was thinking habanero, when in fact I bought a poblano.

Looks like I need to wait for a couple of them to turn color, but the jalapeno and hungarian wax should be ready for picking about now.
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greenman28 NorCal 7b/8a
15 years ago
The Hungarian will be sweeter and hotter if you let them ripen....

Josh
pixie_lou
Original Author
15 years ago
Thanks Josh. We'll hold off on the Hungarians as well. We picked a couple of the matchbox peppers last week - there was absolutely no heat in them. My 6 year old was eating them plain - and she has NO tolerance for heat!
esox07 (4b) Wisconsin
15 years ago
I was thinking both #1 and #3 were Hot Hungarian Wax. In fact, I would say #3 is a Hot Hung. Wax before #1. Here is my Hung Wax from two weeks ago:

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chile_freak
15 years ago
your hungarian waxes seem kind of short actually, some of the ones in the chile patch are 6" or 7" inches long ill post a pic tomorrow too dark now
pixie_lou
Original Author
15 years ago
My "Hungarian Waxes" are about 4" long. Is that too short? Would they not be Hungarian Wax peppers?

As for Mystery #3 - FWIW - every pepper grows straight up from the stem of the plant. The longest peppers are only 1.5" long, and the overall plant is barely 10" high. And there must easily be close to 100 peppers on the plant, with still more blossoms. There is absolutely no heat in the peppers now. Which makes me thing they definitely need to turn color.
greenman28 NorCal 7b/8a
15 years ago
Mystery #3 has smaller leaves, like a variety of Thai chile might have.
Hungarian Waxes range anywhere from 2 - 7 inches.

Josh