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Pepper plant identification
Posted on 6/11/16 at 4:44 pm
Posted on 6/11/16 at 4:44 pm
My wife was given this pepper plant by an older lady who had no idea what it was. Can anyone on here give me any help? Really wanting to know how hot the peppers are more than anything. Thanks in advance.
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Posted on 6/11/16 at 4:50 pm to TigernMS12
Jalapeno
Posted on 6/11/16 at 4:53 pm to TigernMS12
The peppers appear similar to jalapeno, but I've never seen them fruit upright like that. It could also be some sort of mixed seed hybrid.
Posted on 6/11/16 at 4:55 pm to RaginCajunz
My wife, after googling, thought piquillo. They don't appear to be long enough and are more rounded than a jalapeño. Could be completely wrong though as neither of us are very knowledgable past your basic peppers that can be found in your local grocery.
This post was edited on 6/11/16 at 4:58 pm
Posted on 6/11/16 at 5:02 pm to TigernMS12
looks like some form of chili pepper, they usually point upwards like that
just eat one and report back
just eat one and report back
Posted on 6/11/16 at 5:04 pm to TigernMS12
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thought piquillo.
piquillo is a variety of the species capsicum annum as is jalapeno. So they will look very similar.
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They don't appear to be long enough and are more rounded than a jalapeño.
Jalapenos can be short and round or longer depending on growing conditions and variety.
Posted on 6/11/16 at 5:07 pm to Zappas Stache
Might be a hybrid. I've probably had 100 jalapeño plants and none grow upwards like that.
Looks like jalapenos though
Looks like jalapenos though
Posted on 6/11/16 at 5:13 pm to Jones
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I've probably had 100 jalapeño plants and none grow upwards like that.
It could be an ornamental pepper plant. Those have upright fruit but are usually more showy than the one the OP posted.
Posted on 6/11/16 at 5:14 pm to Zappas Stache
Ah you might be right
Posted on 6/11/16 at 5:16 pm to TigernMS12
Or a Thia hot ornamental pepper....
Posted on 6/11/16 at 5:33 pm to TigernMS12
Pequin pepper? I have a few hybrids that are a combination of these and birds eye peppers.
Posted on 6/11/16 at 5:56 pm to xXLSUXx
Thanks for the replies. Looks like I'm just going taste to see how hot it is. I will report back though. For the record I've grown jalapeños before, but always green, and they've never grown upwards liked this plant.
Posted on 6/11/16 at 6:01 pm to TigernMS12
After looking up the Tia hot ornamentals I'm not sure if I want to just bite into one to see how hot it is.
Posted on 6/11/16 at 6:47 pm to TigernMS12
Cut it open, take out the seeds, and lick it.
Report back.
Report back.
Posted on 6/11/16 at 7:08 pm to TigernMS12
My aunt has an iron stomach and a palate of steel. She often tastes peppers from our gardens to taste for heat. She bit into a Thai pepper plant like that once and learned quick that it was not "ornamental."
I've never seen the woman wince after biting a pepper in my life.
(She knows better than to bite into ghost chills and the like. )
I've never seen the woman wince after biting a pepper in my life.
(She knows better than to bite into ghost chills and the like.
)Posted on 6/11/16 at 10:45 pm to CoachChappy
The ornamental peppers are quite hot....they're not called ornamental because they lack flavor. The name refers to the bright color and upward facing, clustering growth of the fruit. The plants produce lots of smallish, often varicolored fruits (red, green, yellow, sometimes dark purple). Fruit is usually thin walled and on the small size; minimal flavor but lots of heat. Some are unpleasantly bitter.
Posted on 6/11/16 at 11:20 pm to hungryone
Those little ornamentals do pack some heat. We chopped up a nice size harvest one year and let it marinate in fish sauce. I like the heat though and we were out if birds eye chiles.
Posted on 6/11/16 at 11:29 pm to TigernMS12
Ornamental
Or basically Thai chilies
Or basically Thai chilies
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