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Mystery Pepper identification?

14 years ago

Here is a list of the possibilities for this season. The pepper in the photo looks more orange than it really is, not sure maybe lighting but its more of a peach color than orange. I left two on the plant to see if it would further ripen one just started to develop black rot spots and this one started to wrinkle. So its green to peach and that's it.

Bell green and yellow (ruled out)

Mini Sweet Pepper (ruled out sweet pepper)

Bhut Jolokia (ruled out pod shape)

Billy Goat (not sure what they look like I assumed damping off killed the ones I had)

Dragon claw (both plants did not make it damping off)

Peppadew (ruled out I have it in the front yard and its doing well)

Red Hab (one died and one is in the front in a container doing very well)

Ristra Cayenne (ruled out due to pod shape)

7 pot (maybe but then Bill would be tired of me lol)

Trinidad Scorpion (ruled out no pods come close to the shape and I grew from bought seedlings not from seed like the rest of my plants)

Chocolate Hab (ruled out seed was started almost 3 months later than this plant in question. Doing great in the back yard)

7pot brain (ruled out seed was started almost 3 months later than this plant in question)

Fataili (ruled out seed was started almost 3 months later than this plant in question. It doing nicely on the back deck)

Comments (11)

  • 14 years ago

    Looks like a Pink Habanero to me.

  • 14 years ago

    those are huge habs! but yea it looks like a hab to me also

  • 14 years ago

    GoldCone thanks, they have the same color as the pods you posted. Those pods are nice looking pods. Not sure how I ended up with these. Maybe it was accidentally added to a seed packet that was sent to me.

    Mark

  • 14 years ago

    those are huge!

  • 14 years ago

    habjolokia said: "...its more of a peach color than orange."

    Well, there is a peach hab. I grew it several years ago - pretty pods.

    Pod looks a little "crossy" to me, but that doesn't make it so. *smile*

    I vote Peach Habanero.

    Good luck with it Mark. By the way, how does it taste?

    Rick

  • 14 years ago

    "7 pot (maybe but then Bill would be tired of me lol)"

    Too funny Mark ;-) After this season, nothing surprises me.

    It doesn't look like a 7 Pot, it looks like a Billy Goat. How long was it on the plant in the orangish colour? They do ripen green to peach/orange to red. Billy Goats are cousins to the Habanero, thus the similarities. Given your listed varieties,

    I'd say I'm 97.71345% sure it's a Billy Goat.

    For the record, the last time I grew Peach Hab was 2008.

    Bill

  • 14 years ago

    Thanks all, for your replies.

    @Bill I left them on for 2 weeks, one started with black spots and the other started to wrinkle. They were the first pods and since this one had been topped due to damping off it survived, and those pods were close to the ground than they normally would be if not topped. I have about 40-50 more pods that are green, I will hold out to see if they go red.

    They at this point have good heat and nice almost sweet after taste once you get past the heat, no need to get the milk but would say if my Wife and kids tried they would run for milk.
    If not guess they would be peach or pink habs.

    Mark

  • 14 years ago

    Hey Mark,

    Seeding peppers on the deck today I faintly heard my name being called by a Billy Goat plant in the yard (yep, I was drinking wine while seeding). When I looked over I spotted this little guy...

    Look familiar? It's a Billy Goat pod in the process of ripening. Thought of your post when I saw it. Curious, have you cut open any of the pods with spots? If so and they're rotting inside it may be Phytopthora fungus?

    Bill

  • 14 years ago

    Thanks Bill for thinking of me and posting the pic. Then mine are Billy Goat for sure, you sent me the seeds for it just lost the tag on all the ones that had damping off and survived. That's one strong plant, it survived damping off, topping because of damping off, and my Wife when weeding the front stepped on it flatting it to the ground. Now can't even tell anything happened to it. Lots of green peppers on it, only had the two ripe ones so will update once I get more ripe pods.

    Only one pod had a white spot.

    Mark

  • 14 years ago

    Save seeds Mark. That plant is a champ. =)

  • 14 years ago

    Hell Mark, if causing damping off and having your spouse step on the plants produces a trooper like that... I may try your technique a try next season!

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