There were a few people talking about this. Richard Hickey is one of the people. Here is a post he had sent as part of a long thread:
Richard Hickey
April 28, 2014
Jack Superhot
December 1, 2013
Just a footnote to share with you all.
A couple of weeks ago I learn from Steven that the Choc Bhutlah is in fact a mutation of something that I sent him the previous year. What do you know about that? I feel good about having a hand in something real special. I do appreciate his honesty and willingness to share this with me. I grew about 50 crosses that year and god only knows what it was I sent him.
Has anybody heard anything from Chad? I know that what he is going through is life changing.
Bill Mayo was also in the conversation:
Bill Mayo
Martin Please see the screen shot above from Jack that should answer anyone's questions it took Steven almost 5 months to admit to Jack that the seeds came from a pod Jack had sent him and Jack had No idea what it had crossed with. So what did they run a DNA test on it ?
Butch Taylor was also in the conversation, and even though not relevant to this, it is also interesting that Butch could have also been known to have had a bhutlah, but he kept it quiet.
I had a few of the original "Bhutlah" seeds before they were called "Bhutlah" & a chocolate version did appear in my growout as well, but since I was asked to not let out the Bhutlah, i just kept it quite.
This is just part of the drama about the pepper Steven originally told people he had made, before he admitted that the pepper came from someone else's breeding. Then there is the UK form, and also the one that Judy says she made. These all appear to be a bit different and I would love to try all of them. Steven may have been the first person to give the name, but apparently, there are others who also had the same basic pepper that were told not to make their peppers public knowledge. All kinds of things going on. It's fun to sit back and watch all these people talk about the pepper. I would love to try all three. I am growing Judy's, AJ, you have the UK version, and I would like to try one of this third type someday. Tom