Please I.D. -- Fake Carolina Reaper!?!?!
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Where did you get the seeds?
Clearly not a Reaper. It looks like some kind of annuum. Looks like it could be a Cayenne, or something like that.
For sure a reaper, make sure to wait for it to turn red and only small nibbles 
`TakashiLM said:
I see their product ads in eBay & Amazon all the time, who's ordered these?> 200 seeds Giant Spices Spicy Red Chili Hot Pepper (You'll note the the three pix in the right hand column look nothing like the main pic.....HINT! HINT!)
The_NorthEast_ChileMan said:
Unfortunately, there are a lot of people who know absolutelly nothing about plants and they will buy it.
y'know, I've got a lot of great stuff from aliexpress, even some cherry tomato seeds that produced really great fruits. and also things that has nothing to do with plants or gardening
but the world the way it is, it is not surprising for me people selling blue strawberries seeds, rainbow rose seeds and stuff and even reselling on ebay... disappointing but not surprising.
Welcome to the Forum! Not a reaper, but like the other guys said hopefully it's tasty.
I've done that too.TakashiLM said:
Anyway, it's hard to tell until you at least start seeing buds. Then that'll only tell you if it's annuum, Chinese, baccatum, or whatever else. Of course, you'd know right away with pubescens.
Best way to make sure you get the right seeds is to buy from a reputable vendor. There are tons right here on thp.
I can't say that's been my experience. Seeds from hot peppers are hot, and you can tell the difference between jalapeño and reaper by the heat of the seeds for sure, but I don't think the heat even gets close to matching the heat of the pod.TakashiLM said:
However, the point of tasting the seeds beforehand could still be helpful, assuming that they aren't sterilized or whatever is done to commercial seeds. The hardware store seeds are tasteless.