Does anybody know what this one is?

Nulle · Feb 22, 2014

My husband bought this pepper for me last year from a store (called Bauhaus). They called it Hot Banana.
Unfortunately a lot of the stores here in Denmark has a bad habit of inventing 'smart' new names for peppers instead of using their real names.
So what I'd like to know is if this really is a Hot Banana or - if it's not - what it is?
http://pepper.haible.net/#!album-0-0

birdfather · Feb 22, 2014

looks nothing like a banana pepper to me. it's red, for one.

smokemaster · Feb 22, 2014

Banana peppers turn red when fully ripe.
Upturned pod makes me think it isn't a banana pepper.

ms1476 · Feb 22, 2014

Looks like some type of Thai variant. What size are the pods? Did the pods ripen from green straight to red, or was there a progression (green, yellow, orange, red, etc.)?

Nulle · Feb 22, 2014

They were (afai recall) 2-3cm x 6-7cm and the pic you see is how I got it - so I don't know how it got to red.

Helvete · Feb 22, 2014

Nulle said:
They were (afai recall) 2-3cm x 6-7cm and the pic you see is how I got it - so I don't know how it got to red.

If the pods are that small they are most likely a Thai variant, especially with them standing upright. They should be rather hot, much hotter than any banana pepper could ever be. My forum picture is a Thai plant for reference.

Nulle · Feb 22, 2014

Thanks for your answer. I've never tried a banana pepper so I wouldn't know if it's hotter than that.
I thought it was pretty hot but then again I'm still at the stage where I find Jalapenos hot.

willard3 · Feb 23, 2014

I've had Xalapas that locked my ankles up.

Terravexti · Feb 23, 2014

I grew this a few years back and it was labeled "hot banana." They don't exactly look like yours, but thy did grow upwards.

LawrenceJ2007 · Feb 23, 2014

Do they have a very strong citrus taste?

Jetchuka · Feb 24, 2014

Terravexti said:
I grew this a few years back and it was labeled "hot banana." They don't exactly look like yours, but thy did grow upwards.
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Def not hot Banana with pods growing upwards. Yours look a lot like Hungarian hot Wax.

Not sure about the original poster's pods though, they do seem a bit different.

Jeff H · Feb 24, 2014

Hungarian hot wax grow upright until they get too heavy and then drop. Slightly different than a banana pepper but closely related.

And as said earlier, they turn red when fully ripe.