I have orange thai which is a "true" thai chili. Very small, turns orange when ripe and are great tasting. I have Red Thai also but honestly the orange thai is a better plant. They turn into a bush with very small leaves especially compared to a chinense. Very good producer. the picture was taken just a few days ago.

Id be happy to trade or just give you some if you send an sase.

I had a similar experience as you, tried for years to get a true thai chili with little luck. I even went so far as to go to a thai restaurant and ask for one of their chilis, they went to the kitchen and brought back a serrano!

Would you be looking for these? If so, I think I have some seeds left. These peppers came from a plant given to me by a coworker who bought them from a Thai market.

Mark

Here is the multi stage of colors

I grew this Thai Hot Pepper from a starter. It is growing its pods in clumps of skinny pods 1-2" long. A couple of the pods are slightly over 2" but most are under 2". Not sure if this is what you are looking for or not but I can send you some seeds when they ripen. None have ripened yet but I should have some color in a week or so.
Bruce

I appreciate the offers I've gotten so far, but all of these seem like the ones I already have, minus the orange ones. I'm looking for the ones that are about an inch long or less. I know 2 people that have plants. I might just have to hit them up next time I go back to melbourne.

I think I have what you are looking for.They are about 3/4" long by 1/4" wide and point up, like bird peppers do. It's a small, bushy plant w/small leaves. Pretty good production. I haven't tried them yet, though. I got them in the seed exchange.

Gary

Hey Josh: what variety are those called?
Bruce

Damn Josh: That's an OLD ruler. I'm surprised it has the centimeter markings. :P

Kevin

Well, it does have the teeth marks on it from when he used it back in 5th grade.

Well, Bruce, I received the seeds in 2008, but never arrived at a definitive identification. John Fiedlermeister helped me with some possibilities...Thai Hot, Thai Mound, Thai Kee Nu...or a hybrid form.

They're not the hottest Thai chiles, but they have that flavorful, tangy, stinging burn. And they're superb for stir-fry, chile oil, chile garlic paste, and Pepper (muddle red and green peppers, cilantro, fish sauce, lime juice, MSG). The most versatile pepper in my kitchen.

Here they are beside Hot Cherry, Hungarian Wax, and one Black Pearl:

greenman28, I believe you have exactly what I'm looking for. you say they're not that hot. how hot are they? the ones I've tried, I'd say are about half-habanero heat, maybe a little less.

I want them.

How hot? No where near half the heat of a Hab, thankfully. My brother stumbled upon one of those incredibly hot Thai plants at a grocery store...and we all discovered just how hot certain Thai varieties can be! These are a medium heat by my reckoning, and their smaller size means that there's less vegetable matter to chew and swallow. Tangy burst of juiciness right up front, then a crapload of seeds :-) followed by a stinging smack of heat for 2 - 7 minutes....

"All gardening is local....", so these seeds might grow into a plant with hotter or milder pods due to climate. They are prolific, producing hundreds of pods in warm zones, 9 and warmer.

Josh

sounds like exactly what I'm looking for.

Try them in a hanging basket I had one for years best over winter pepper ever

I overwintered a Thai last year and all my winter peppers lost every bit of heat there was.

Kevin

I believe the variety you are seeking is called Thai Sun. Peppers a half inch to inch long, with hundreds of peppers produced on a single plant. This was grown in a 6" pot indoors under lights some winters ago. I don't remember the taste but I recall them being quite hot. I only grew it once because I prefer a bigger pepper. I got the seeds from Pepper Joe.