Does anybody know what this one is?

[Nulle]

My husband bought this pepper for me last year from a store (called Bauhaus). They called it Hot Banana.
Unfortunately a lot of the stores here in Denmark has a bad habit of inventing 'smart' new names for peppers instead of using their real names.
So what I'd like to know is if this really is a Hot Banana or - if it's not - what it is?
http://pepper.haible.net/#!album-0-0

 

[birdfather]

looks nothing like a banana pepper to me. it's red, for one.

 

[smokemaster]

Banana peppers turn red when fully ripe.
Upturned pod makes me think it isn't a banana pepper.

 

[ms1476]

Looks like some type of Thai variant. What size are the pods? Did the pods ripen from green straight to red, or was there a progression (green, yellow, orange, red, etc.)?

 

[Nulle]

They were (afai recall) 2-3cm x 6-7cm and the pic you see is how I got it - so I don't know how it got to red.

 

[Helvete]

They were (afai recall) 2-3cm x 6-7cm and the pic you see is how I got it - so I don't know how it got to red.

If the pods are that small they are most likely a Thai variant, especially with them standing upright.  They should be rather hot, much hotter than any banana pepper could ever be.  My forum picture is a Thai plant for reference.

 

[Nulle]

Thanks for your answer. I've never tried a banana pepper so I wouldn't know if it's hotter than that.
I thought it was pretty hot but then again I'm still at the stage where I find Jalapenos hot.

 

[willard3]

I've had Xalapas that locked my ankles up.

 

[Terravexti]

I grew this a few years back and it was labeled "hot banana." They don't exactly look like yours, but thy did grow upwards.

 

[LawrenceJ2007]

Do they have a very strong citrus taste?

 

[Jetchuka]

I grew this a few years back and it was labeled "hot banana." They don't exactly look like yours, but thy did grow upwards.
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Def not hot Banana with pods growing upwards. Yours look a lot like Hungarian hot Wax.
 
Not sure about the original poster's pods though, they do seem a bit different.

 

[Jeff H]

Hungarian hot wax grow upright until they get too heavy and then drop. Slightly different than a banana pepper but closely related.
 
And as said earlier, they turn red when fully ripe.