Habanero ID

morbius18 · Jul 20, 2012

I have this plant that is growing that was supposed to be a Habanero. Right now I have the plant in a 5 gallon bucket and it's a little over 4 foot high. It's pretty hot, but not as hot as my Blair's Mega Death which is supposed to be around 500K shu.

spongey600 · Jul 20, 2012

you have a pic of ripe one?

morbius18 · Jul 20, 2012

No sorry, I haven't had any ripen yet.

megahot · Jul 20, 2012

Not a hab, its a bhut Jolokia

spongey600 · Jul 20, 2012

morbius18 said:
No sorry, I haven't had any ripen yet.

but you stated that the heat is not as hot as your blairs sauce???? wait for one to ripen then eat one and tell me its not as hot as blairs!

morbius18 · Jul 20, 2012

I know, I just couldn't resist the mystery and had to taste one.

I snapped a few more pictures:

megahot · Jul 20, 2012

Nice looking plant, nice pods too!

JoynersHotPeppers · Jul 20, 2012

Looks like this guy I grew last year...

willard3 · Jul 21, 2012

Some kind of chinense.

FadeToBlack · Jul 22, 2012

Looks like bhut jolokia

POTAWIE · Jul 22, 2012

+1 C. chinense of some kind but not a habanero
This is a fairly common pod shape so it'll be difficult to accurately identify it, and there is also a good chance that its a cross/hybrid

TabascoKilla · Jul 22, 2012

Looks interesting! I agree with @ POTAWIE.

morbius18 · Jul 22, 2012

I'm pretty sure it is some kind of hybrid. I'll have to wait until some ripen.

morbius18 · Jul 28, 2012

I just checked the mystery plant today and noticed one of the peppers was changing colors. I don't know if this is it's final color or just a transition, but I will leave it on the plant. Any ideas?

morbius18 · Jul 28, 2012

I'm leaning toward a golden/yellow fatalii or a yellow bhut, or some random mutt, but it is a cool color

DocNrock · Jul 29, 2012

Was this a Bonnie plant labeled "World's Hottest Habanero Pepper?"

morbius18 · Jul 29, 2012

It was a Bonnie plant labeled "Habanero Pepper". I checked after reading all the threads about the world's hottest not habaneros.

morbius18 · Jul 29, 2012

I snapped a couple more shots of some representative peppers. You can see the one ripe one peeking out:

I just noticed this pic another one is starting to change:

This one was a Bhut Jolokia that I was growing, but it doesn't look much like the unknown one:

DocNrock · Jul 30, 2012

Very cool!

KiNGDeNNiZ · Jul 30, 2012

id say fatalii