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Multi color pepper

Took me ages to find this? it was a thread a while back in growing other & now it has its own spot.

Enough rambling, what is this please o knowledgeable ones. ;)

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Its not mine & Trish who just got it doesn't know its name, there are some yellow, reds & purples.

Thank you in advance.

Mezo.
 
Looks like Chinese 5-Color to me, here is an image:

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I'd vote no on Explosive Ember, since its leaves tend to be more elongated, as well as darker. Also, Explosive Ember peppers are more squat shaped, as opposed to the more tapered shape of Chinese 5-Color, which is what yours looks like in that picture. Here is an image of Explosive Ember, for comparison:

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Thanks everyone, yep from doing a Google image search thats the plant for sure, i had heard the name but never seen one. Seems the fruit start purple, then turn cream, then yellow, then orange, then finally red & that`s what i was going to ask next.

Which seeds to keep? obviously the very ripe red ones.

The lady at the market who sold Trish the plant didn't even know its name, Trish asked can you eat the fruit & the lady said its "Oh no it just an ornamental you cant eat them" i said rubbish you can eat ornamentals & from reading you can & there quite hot.

Mezo.
 
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