Beautiful or gnarly, ornamental variety or not, what pepper do you grow for looks? And if anyone says the peter pepper... 
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I haven't grown them -yet- but I'm pretty fascinated by the appearance of Thunder Mountain Longhorn. What a cool looking pepper!
Arrivivi Gusano is a neat looking pepper to me, but not in a beauty that I can appreciate kind of way, just that it really looks like a caterpillar. A late friend of mine, John Fiedler, had a pepper that he called Ivorian Pimente that was really cool looking too. It didn't look like any of the Ivorian Pimente that I've seen offered now, it looked more like Arrivivi Gusano but it was chocolate colored and rather evil-looking. It was also HOT!
Arrivivi Gusano is a neat looking pepper to me, but not in a beauty that I can appreciate kind of way, just that it really looks like a caterpillar. A late friend of mine, John Fiedler, had a pepper that he called Ivorian Pimente that was really cool looking too. It didn't look like any of the Ivorian Pimente that I've seen offered now, it looked more like Arrivivi Gusano but it was chocolate colored and rather evil-looking. It was also HOT!
Aji Omnicolor is one of the best looking peppers out there IMO. Although it does taste good, I think there are many better tasting baccatums.
Someone should cross a Peter pepper with Big jim and get some Big Peters. That would be something to look at 
I used to grow TML! Unfortunately I can't find anymore the picture with the longest one. I'm not growing it anymore because IMO it's not very tasty, but it was very cool!
until a couple of years ago I was carrying out a cross for the alien face, but then I abandoned the project
Downriver
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To be honest, I don't grow any peppers just for looks. However, I have grown some good-looking (to me) peppers!
First up - Filius Blue - Love the dark foliage and the complimentary fruit colors.
Next, Super Chili - I grew this plant from pods Reggie (WarrantMan) sent me one year.
Next, Chocolate Habanero. This is probably the largest hab plant I've grown. There were a ton of pods on this thing, and they were huge.
Lastly, Purple Thunder Mystery. Original seeds from @PaulG. Gorgeous plant and pods, and they taste great (for about 2 seconds, then BOOM).
Hmm, looks like I lean to the "dark" side.
First up - Filius Blue - Love the dark foliage and the complimentary fruit colors.
Next, Super Chili - I grew this plant from pods Reggie (WarrantMan) sent me one year.
Next, Chocolate Habanero. This is probably the largest hab plant I've grown. There were a ton of pods on this thing, and they were huge.
Lastly, Purple Thunder Mystery. Original seeds from @PaulG. Gorgeous plant and pods, and they taste great (for about 2 seconds, then BOOM).
Hmm, looks like I lean to the "dark" side.
HellfireFarm
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I don't think I've ever considered growing for looks, other than Peter Pepper one year as a novelty. It didn't sell at the market so I didn't do it again.
I definitely saw an alien face in the top left!until a couple of years ago I was carrying out a cross for the alien face, but then I abandoned the project
Yesterday i was drinking a couple of beers and I had an alcoholic revelation: I can resurrect the multicolor alien project i talked about! Why not? Yes, the pepper was really bitter, but why not stabilize the shape for ornamental purposes, among all the flavor-wise peppers I prefere?
Hell yeah. There's definitely faces! This one even has a mouth!
