Orange Habanero?

spicefreak

• Jan 26, 2018

• #2

Nope, that's unusual. In my experience, that's more what a white, brown, chocolate or peach coloured pepper looks like at first.
 
Also, I'm not totally certain but that calyx (stem to pepper attachment point) is suggesting baccatum to me, not chinense type.

 

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Hafners

• Jan 26, 2018

• #3

The odd thing is the seeds are from Ferry-Morse, which is a pretty big seed supplier. Of course the package does not specify isolated or open pollinated though.

 

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Winegums

• Feb 16, 2018

• #4

Looks like a pale orange pepper to me, like a burning bush habanero. They start out light green then turn a much dark green 17-20 days before ripening. 
 
There's several different genes that determine which ripening path the pods will take and ultimately what their final colour will be. 

 

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Hafners

• Feb 21, 2018

• #5

I did have one turn orange so I picked it to try it out. Not much hotter than my Thai peppers, but has a nice flavor not too sweet and not too floral, just nicely balanced. The biggest one on the plants so far isn't much bigger than a quarter.

 

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Hafners

• Mar 18, 2018

• #6

This new pod has me thinking its an unstable cross.

 

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