In my opinion 99% of all the so called new strains are mostly crosses.
Not natural mutations.
If you look at the original 7 pots and Scorpions there was very little difference in pod shape but sometimes in heat.
With very few people growing seeds out in isolation for more than a few seasons and then calling whatever a new strain it's pretty rediculous to say most of the 7 pots etc. are stable.
But with the $ involved in seed sales for something that put out a different heat or pod shape it is getting insane.
The first Yellow Scorpion was,to my knowledge The Yellow Scorpion FG.
Seeds were sent to a LOT of people because the guy who originaly got the yellow pods wanted to see if it was a stable mutation or a cross.
He caught a LOT crap from everyone saying there was no such thing as a yellow Scorpion.
The Yellow FG had and has the longest tail I've ever seen on a scorpion.AND that was when Scorpions were hard to tell apart from 7 pots.
Search posts/info about/from Cardi 7 pots and Scorpions about 5 +yrs ago.Before the super hot insanity started.
The first Scorpions and 7 pots were pretty much like the Jonah 7 pot and Jonah Scorpion.
The Jonah Scorpion ,According to Butch,May or MAY not have crossed with a cumari to grow the Butch T.
Now I see so many pod variations called Butch T I doubt unless you got seeds from Butch years ago ,you probably have a different version.
But with all the $ in selling seeds and pods,the sellers don't care what they have as long as the $ keeps coming in.
I have Scotch Bonnetsw that are true that look a lot like the pods you pictured.
No where near the heat.Great taste though,but I love bonnets.
My point is that these days you get what you get.
I have done a lot of buying from established seed vendors over the years.
MOST aren't trying to rip you off.
They are seeing the varieties people ask for and buy seed for whatever they think will sell.
They buy seed from whoever supplies them.
Especially with super hots,it's a crap shoot as far as stability is concerned these days.
Just because a test grow grew pods as expected doesn't mean the variety is stable.
100-1000 seeds that grew true out of 100,000,000 isn't going to show you variety or hybrid traits as a consdtant-stable hybrid.
These days you more or less are tossing the dice as to what you'll get.
All you can hope for,in general is to be in the ballpark.
Heck,I have a cross that I made that is a Orange Habanero De Arbol that the first year I crossed it with an Aji Rojo.
It put out red pods with Baccatum Flowers.Next season it got crossed with a yellow scorpion.
Now I have a red pod that has tails with a Baccatum flower with gold specks.
It seems stable but is only 2/3rd generation.
7 Pot looks , scorpion tails,baccatum flowers.Oh ya,heavy producer.
Cool cross.
Maybe I should go for the record for worlds hottest Baccatum....
would like to see what they look like 2nd generation
