Orange Habanero?

[Hafners]

Do orange hab's usually start out this pale? The reds I've grown in the garden before definitely started out a much darker green, but I've never grown the orange ones before.

 

[spicefreak]

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.

 

[Hafners]

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.

 

[Winegums]

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. 

 

[Hafners]

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.

 

[Hafners]

This new pod has me thinking its an unstable cross.