World's Hottest habanero? What is this?

[robisc]

Seen a couple other posts similar to mine here lately but one plant I have is a Bonnie plant from Lowes and was labeled "world's Hottest" habanero, I didn't take a picture of the plant but will do so but here is an almost ripe pod I pulled, what is this, I don't think it is a habanero?

 

[Smitty]

Yellow ghost?

 

[megahot]

either yellow fatalii or a yellow Bhut

 

[AlabamaJack]

no way to tell really....it does have a fatalii or bhut shape, but pod shape variation is very common...

 

[POTAWIE]

Its a yellow Capsicum chinense, and probably very far from being the hottest although it may still be a great chile

 

[emon069]

Hope I get some pods like that off of the 2 I have, kinda cool. Would be way awesome if they are yellow bhuts!

 

[robisc]

Thanks and I will get more pics of plant and pods but the consensus is though that this is NOT just a run of the mill habanero though right?

 

[POTAWIE]

Hab-not. Habaneros are hab shaped, orange or arguably red, and originate in the Yucatan peninsula area of Mexico. Many vendors will call their C. chinense chiles habaneros because its easier to say hab than capsicum chinense

 

[BigPapaPepper]

wow you got that a Lowes? score. The best thing i ever got from a store was a giant marconi at home depot

 

[LunchBox]

Man...I shoulda checked Lowe's...that looks like a good find. It also looks exactly like my yellow fatalii's...a good thing!

 

[robisc]

It is obvious that this is a yellow capsicum chinense but trying to find the variety is what I was after here though that may be impossible, and yes believe it or not this plant came from Lowes and I as I mentioned there were certain plants labeled simply habanero then next to them were some trays with plants labeled worlds hottest habanero

 

[POTAWIE]

I don't want to sound harsh but there is no way to tell exactly what it is unless you can find out through Lowes. There are so many different C. chinenses with the same shape and it could also very well be a hybrid. Guessing at a name is what leads to taxonomy problems.

 

[AlabamaJack]

+10000 P....

 

[chsy83]

Hab-not. Habaneros are hab shaped

Uh . . .

 

[robisc]

Potawie I understand there's no way to be sure I was just looking for suggestions on what you guys thought it may be and the suggestions here give me some ideas though in the end it really doesn't matter, it is a nice plant putting out a lot of very hot peppers and that's what I was looking for, again thanks for all the replies.

 

[kcallais]

I picked up 2 of those "World's Hottest" as well down here in Panama City FL. As soon as I get some pods from it, I'll post up some pics.

 

[willard3]

These guessing games always create new names that don't comport with taxonomy any more than Lowes.

Why is it so important to have a name for what is plainly a chinense?

 

[robisc]

These guessing games always create new names that don't comport with taxonomy any more than Lowes.

Why is it so important to have a name for what is plainly a chinense?

Agreed that there may not ever be confirmation and yes it is clearly a chinense but what do I call it when it's clearly not a habanero, and thus what this subforum of ID'ing peppers is for right?

 

[POTAWIE]

I'd call it unknown yellow chinense-Lowes

 

[robisc]

I'd call it unknown yellow chinense-Lowes

haha and then it shall be known as the: unknown yellow chinense-Lowes