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chinense Ghost Pepper - Which is most proper red?

AJ Drew

AJ Drew

I forget where i saw it, but I saw seeds listed as "smooth" ghost peppers.  Over the years, I have seen all sorts of things called ghost peppers. The occasional grocery store finds look more like habs.  From growers, I have seen gnarly pimpled flesh and I have seen smoother flesh but still with the ghost pepper shape.

So which skin texture do you think is most proper?  I know I like the look of the pimplier ones better, but not sure what is the most accurate / true to form.
 
I like to think that the gnarly version is the desired phenotype, like CPI shows on their site: https://chile.nmsu.edu/details/426
 
I assume that if the shorter, smoother version was "correct" then the professors at CPI would know that and would be growing that pheno instead.
 
There is a shorter, smoother pepper that is from the same the same region and is likely closely related to the Bhut; the Bih Jolokia. Heat and flavor on those is very similar to the red bhut. I wonder if some of these smooth pheno bhuts we see are actually Bihs that were at some point sold under the name of their much more famous relative. 
 
BlackFatalii said:
 I wonder if some of these smooth pheno bhuts we see are actually Bihs that were at some point sold under the name of their much more famous relative. 
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Exactly what I was thinking.  It has been a bit since the ghost pepper became a cult favorite.  I'll bet it happened long enough ago that the smooth ones kind of worked their way into our mindset.
 
 
Nice looks like that's a wrap 
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Datil said:
It really depends... Vendors refers to "ghost" for a variety of peppers that slightly differ basing on their region of origin.
Here's a nice comparison from an italian forum:
 
http://www.pepperfriends.com/forum/topic/3791-bih-bhut-dorset-o-morich/
 
Best
 
Datil
 
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In that post, the Bih Jolokia looks similar to the so called improved Bhut Jolokia strain 2 that I am growing.  I wonder what the origin of the strain 2 is?
 
Jubnat said:
 
In that post, the Bih Jolokia looks similar to the so called improved Bhut Jolokia strain 2 that I am growing.  I wonder what the origin of the strain 2 is?
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Bhut Jolokia strain II is a selection from Peter @semillas.de.
Probably the selection base is indeed the Bih (light green phase is typical).

Here's his description:

"Improved version of the world record holder 2011 in heat!! Strain II = light green II, gives much higher yields than the original not selected Bhut (Bih) jolokia, while all other parameters, like heat and taste have been remained."

As you can see he refers to Bih/Bhut like they were the same but is not the case...

Best

Datil
 
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