Reaper and Ghorpion(?)

DWB · Jul 25, 2016

I got some small plants more than a year ago for my first foray into peppers hotter than habañero. The smallest were represented to be reapers. They never grew last year. This year they're doing great and will produce a lot of peppers. I feel fairly sure these are reapers.

The older, larger plant I got last year is the one in question. The man who grew the starts from seed says it's a scorpion (he saw pictures of some of the 8 peppers it made last year) but he admits he got his seeds crossed up so it could be a scorpion, a ghost or a viper. Regardless, the few peppers it gave me last year were deadly hot and delicious. This year the plant is in a 15 gallon tree pot and huge. I'll get a monumental harvest from it. I'm very pleased with the plant and will try to keep it going by over-wintering, cloning and/or growing from seed. I have three seed babies from the plant so it will be interesting to see what they produce.

Personally, I doubt it's a scorpion but wondering what y'all think it is?

twilliams386 · Jul 25, 2016

Looks ghosty to me, but it seems to have a little more shoulder under the calyx than a typical ghost

AJ Drew · Jul 25, 2016

Per Puckerbutt Pepper company, this is what Christopher Phillips (greatly respected name) seed stock for the Trinidad Scorpion pepper will produce.

http://store.puckerbuttpeppercompany.com/products/cp-321-trinidad-scorpion-red-cardi

Notice how close it resembles the pepper you are asking about?

There are so many different things called 'Scorpions',but most people seem to think they all have the lips / ring like a Butch T Scorpion. Not so at all. In fact,the distinct shape of the Butch T is one of the reasons it has its own name. From what I can tell from reading, the earliest shape to be called a Scorpion looked very much like the one you shared with the blunt taper at the end but no folded over lip part like the Reaper.

DWB · Jul 25, 2016

I remember seeing a picture of a similar Trinidad Scorpion last year when we were trying to decide what it was Funny thing is it's tagged as a Moruga plant but the peppers resemble these. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a6/Trinidad_moruga_scorpion_ripe_ready_to_pick.jpg

Scovie · Jul 25, 2016

Picture 1.) Moruga

Picture 2.) Red Bhut Jolokia

My best guess.

Capsacin-junkie · Jul 26, 2016

1) looks like a reaper or possibly a reaper cross, for sure not a moruga scorpion
2) red bhut or red fatalli but it looks more like bhut to me

AJ Drew · Jul 26, 2016

Thought I should point out that Moruga Red and Moruga Scorpion are two different peppers. Seems like might be some confusion.

DWB · Aug 6, 2016

Fresh view. Second opinions?

I picked some off my Scorpion/Ghost plant. This plant gave me 8 peppers last year. The peppers this year are as I remember from last year. Hot and tasty but not as hot as the reaper. The reaper pod pictured above was death wish hot.

Edit: The man who grew the plants says these are definitely his Trinidad Scorpions and different from the Ghost and Viper he grows. I had one on a tomato and Vidalia onion sandwich last night and it was lovely.

moruga welder · Aug 6, 2016

Their all beginning to look the same to me ! ( other than color ) lol Those do look tasty :onfire: