I've grown habaneros many times over the years, and I'd like to think I know what they look like.
Last time I grew them was 2010, where I ended up with about a 200-300 pepper harvest off two plants. I couldn't pick them fast enough. All the peppers off those plants were uniform, smooth-skinned and orange like you see when you look up pictures of habaneros.
These that I'm growing this year don't look like that.
They're wrinkled and long with a tapered end. None have ripened yet so I don't know what color they turn...
Here's what the plants look like:
Are they bhut jolokias or something? Maybe a cross between a jolokia and a regular habanero? They're "World's Hottest Habanero" plants I got from Lowes, I got the exact same last time and they didn't look anything like this.
Last time I grew them was 2010, where I ended up with about a 200-300 pepper harvest off two plants. I couldn't pick them fast enough. All the peppers off those plants were uniform, smooth-skinned and orange like you see when you look up pictures of habaneros.
These that I'm growing this year don't look like that.
![IMG_20120711_164616.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi23.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fb375%2FPOV-Exdeath%2Fgarden2012%2Fpeppers12%2FIMG_20120711_164616.jpg&hash=f5ace2eeb023c41650c8569eb2e76c3b)
They're wrinkled and long with a tapered end. None have ripened yet so I don't know what color they turn...
Here's what the plants look like:
![IMG_20120711_170955.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi23.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fb375%2FPOV-Exdeath%2Fgarden2012%2Fpeppers12%2FIMG_20120711_170955.jpg&hash=20c27224bcb8fa53166b883b84a42afb)
![IMG_20120711_171021.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi23.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fb375%2FPOV-Exdeath%2Fgarden2012%2Fpeppers12%2FIMG_20120711_171021.jpg&hash=f2b752fcae62c97ab234349a34a14f23)
Are they bhut jolokias or something? Maybe a cross between a jolokia and a regular habanero? They're "World's Hottest Habanero" plants I got from Lowes, I got the exact same last time and they didn't look anything like this.