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Bonnie Habanero

SpeakPolish

SpeakPolish

My Bonnie habaneros are looking extremely unlike regular habaneros. They look like they have some scorpion genetics in them. Are Bonnie Habaneros hybrids or what?
 
Bonnie used to hook up the "Spartacus" hybrid Habaneros, which are part Ghost and come out looking pretty, like, wavy and wiggly.

Not sure if they're still selling Spartacus Habs, but Bonnie sells more hybrids than they do anything else... So if they aren't Spartacus anymore, they're most likely still some sort of hybrid...

Hth
 
Mine look fairly normal. I don't have any pods rn but they looked almost identical from a nursery orange hab, if a bit longer
 
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Bicycle808 said:
Those look normal as hell, even if they don't look very yellow.
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Bonnie Yellow  Orange Habanero - 2015.....OOOOPPPPSSSSS! See next post.
 
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AndyW said:
Idk what screams scorpion there but are they that yellow? If so they may be a cross
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Yeah, they are way yellower then most orange habs. Also look at the bottom, most habs have a bellish shape while mine flattens at the end
 
Interesting.
 
I had a little room and picked up a Bonnie Hab about a month ago from local Home Depot. It's only just now starting to flower, and hasn't set any pods (and don't expect it to since temps are still hitting 100+ regularly). But I'll be curious once it does set pods how they end up based on your experience.
 
SpeakPolish said:
Yeah, they are way yellower then most orange habs. Also look at the bottom, most habs have a bellish shape while mine flattens at the end
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I would think if anything maybe a cross with their golden ghost or one of their yellow sweet peppers assuming those came from an established Bonnie plant
 
AndyW said:
I would think if anything maybe a cross with their golden ghost or one of their yellow sweet peppers assuming those came from an established Bonnie plant
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Yeah when I tasted them they dont taste hot at all. I would say twice the heat of an jalapeño. Maybe less.
 
I have an Orange Habanero grown from seeds which has an isolated lineage to a Bonnie Plants Spartacus Habanero (~5 or 6 years ago). Looks pretty similar to yours, but they are consistently in the 100,000+ SHU range and they are definitely orange. While I think the taste of this variety leaves a little to be desired (Chinense floral flavor, but little complexity beyond that), these plants have pretty stellar growth genetics. I imagine a lot of the big-box store suppliers, such as Bonnie, look at considerably different traits to focus on than hobby growers: probably germination rates, seedling vigor, and fruit consistency (among other things and of course I'm just speculating).
 
Seeds from that original plant have >80% germinating and a short average germination time for a Chinense, about 8 days. Also these seedlings are resilient, not that I purposely stress them, and if this picture is any indication, the plant is quite productive.
 
Picture taken end of August 2017
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