What Pepper is This?

[theChiliLife]

Hey guys! I bought seeds that were supposed to be Purple Cayenne. Someone said that they are purple (purple varieties can be quite dark, apparently) but not a cayenne pepper. 

 
What do you think? I think they can be cayenne peppers but they look more black than purple to me... 

 

[spicefreak]

Purples and blacks are pretty much the same thing, just differing degrees of pigment. They're pretty much interchangeable as a result so that could be either.
Doesn't look like a Cayenne, though.

 

[AndyW]

 
Black prince? (not my photo)

 

[Edmick]

it's a cool looking pod whatever it is. Could be that maybe it was crossed with some type of ornamental.

 

[theChiliLife]

Purples and blacks are pretty much the same thing, just differing degrees of pigment. They're pretty much interchangeable as a result so that could be either.
Doesn't look like a Cayenne, though.

 
Hm. You're right. Now when I think of it, they don't really look like the Cayenne peppers I grew a couple years ago. 
 

 
Black prince? (not my photo)

 
Hm, the flowers aren't purple. Here's a photo of a flower:
 

 

it's a cool looking pod whatever it is. Could be that maybe it was crossed with some type of ornamental.

 
Yes I like the shape and the color. Some are growing upward (like the one on the photo) and some aren't. 

 

 

[bpiela]

The purple cayenne's I grew in the past were shorter pods.

 

[AndyW]

 
Hm. You're right. Now when I think of it, they don't really look like the Cayenne peppers I grew a couple years ago. 
 
 
Hm, the flowers aren't purple. Here's a photo of a flower:
 

 
 
Yes I like the shape and the color. Some are growing upward (like the one on the photo) and some aren't. 

 

 
Maybe it's a cross? I have an unknown Black Prince cross from Black Prince seeds I ordered, and the flowers are white with purple marks/hue. It could def be purple cayenne crossed with something.

 

[theChiliLife]

The purple cayenne's I grew in the past were shorter pods.

 
So you're saying that it can be cayenne peppers? :-)

 

[bpiela]

 
So you're saying that it can be cayenne peppers? :-)

 

Yes, I am.  It could be...