This Pepper Was Called Sweet Pepper At An International Market

Dulac · Sep 9, 2014

This pepper has very low heat, and the leaves are broad like c. chinese. The store I bought them from calls them sweet peppers and always sells them green except one I found that was half turning. I'm pretty sure the flowers are white like c. chinese or c. annuum. I say this because the pod shape can be confused with c. baccatum.

Edit: I was thinking it was some kind of aji dulce pepper.

juanitos · Sep 9, 2014

reminds me of the wrinkling on "7pot skull jonah"

Dulac · Sep 9, 2014

juanitos said:
reminds me of the wrinkling on "7pot skull jonah"

Wish I had more pics of the bottoms. That one was irregular. I think it looks like a cachucha pepper. Has anyone grown these?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cachucha_peppers

Sarg3 · Sep 9, 2014

No idea but everything about those are strange looking. Super long stems, bizarre shape. I like.

Nigel · Sep 9, 2014

Those are really freakin` cool!!!

With multiple pods per node, I`d assume it was C.chinense. I have not come across an annuum that has that.

Sarg3 · Sep 9, 2014

So I am searching ufo shaped pepper in google and the tops are similar to these but the bottom isn't

http://thenewdawncenter.info/2/post/2013/05/native-sweet-chile-peppers.html
Crazy how they resemble pattypan squash

Dulac · Sep 9, 2014

Browning said:
No idea but everything about those are strange looking. Super long stems, bizarre shape. I like.

I wasn't paying attention to them and just saw the long stems today. Very strange pepper all around. I didn't think they were c. chinese when buying their pods.

rghm1u20 · Sep 9, 2014

Dulac said:
Wish I had more pics of the bottoms. That one was irregular. I think it looks like a cachucha pepper. Has anyone grown these?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cachucha_peppers

It looks like cachucha to me too. And I am double happy now, because got some seeds of it from smokemaster!

Dulac · Sep 9, 2014

rghm1u20 said:
It looks like cachucha to me too. And I am double happy now, because got some seeds of it from smokemaster!

If it isn't, it sure looks related.

Sarg3 · Sep 10, 2014

Stems on yours look quite a bit longer, but they have that weird bump above the calyx. Here's an image from wikipedia for cachucha. Searching it in google brings up some with short stems as well as longer, but not as long as yours.

CAPCOM · Sep 10, 2014

I love stuff like that. it's like peppers take a radical left turn and do something totally different.

Dulac · Sep 10, 2014

Browning said:
Stems on yours look quite a bit longer, but they have that weird bump above the calyx. Here's an image from wikipedia for cachucha. Searching it in google brings up some with short stems as well as longer, but not as long as yours.

Good point. The stems on mine are extremely long. I've never seen anything like it, lol.

kentishman · Sep 10, 2014

Please consider saving seeds and making them available. Seems like there's a lot of interest in this, and folks would like to grow it. I would.

meatfreak · Sep 10, 2014

Looks pretty cool man! To what color do they ripen of?

RichardK · Sep 10, 2014

My Aji Dulce #1 look just like those, heatless and full of Chinense aroma.

Dulac · Sep 10, 2014

kentishman said:
Please consider saving seeds and making them available. Seems like there's a lot of interest in this, and folks would like to grow it. I would.

For sure.

meatfreak said:
Looks pretty cool man! To what color do they ripen of?

I don't know yet.

RichardK said:
My Aji Dulce #1 look just like those, heatless and full of Chinense aroma.

Did it have stems as long?

RichardK · Sep 10, 2014

Dulac said:
For sure.

I don't know yet.

Did it have stems as long?

That was it's primary trait, very long and thin stems, freakish long.

Dulac · Sep 10, 2014

RichardK said:
That was it's primary trait, very long and thin stems, freakish long.

This site describes them as being light green:

https://www.chileplants.com/search.aspx?SearchName=AJI+DULCE+1+PEPPER+SEEDS&ProductCode=SCHIAJD1.20&SizeID=&SearchMode=simple&LengthID=&WidthID=&HeightID=&OrientationID=&FoliageID=&FleshID=&UseID=&Color=&Location=&Keyword=&HeatID=&TypeID=&DeterminancyID=&CategoryID=&SeasonID=&NewProduct=&Letter=&SearchButton=Pressed

The image also shows shorter stems.

RichardK · Sep 19, 2014

I think the Aji Dulce #1 is a cross between a squash shaped Baccatum variety and some Chinense variety, mostly Chinense genes... Wouldn't surprise me... My Aji Dulce #1's are medium/dark green unripe, dark red when ripe, very long and skinny flower stems... Not too surprised to see some genetic variability in this variety.

Nova · Sep 19, 2014

This has to be the coolest variety I have seen in a long time. There's something almost ancient looking about the plant, magical even.
Just love those long stems, awesome looking like from another realm.