Bought this plant as a ghost but turn out it’s a hot paper lantern from my research. Any other opinions? These ripen to an orange/red

by Amazing_Lettuce_9300

6 Comments

  1. TimelyAd3127

    I’d say it’s probably a hot paper lantern they look like them atleast

  2. Leading_Impress_350

    Fyi: not disagreeing with your ID but i had similar ones last year that was accidentally ghost crosses! Almost 100% same pods shape.

  3. Impossible_Lie_3882

    Sometimes, you get the wrong plant. The real question is, does it taste good? Ghost peppers are some of the better tasting peppers if you can get by the heat. Hopefully, this has some ghost pepper in it, at least.

  4. Obi_Vayne_Kenobi

    This may well be a lame phenotype of an actual Ghost Pepper.

    Ghosts have been on the market for a long time, and not every seller selects their plants for the nicest phenotype. I’ve seen many shops sell ghosts that look like this even in their own photos.

    If you want a more gnarly phenotype for next year, I can recommend the Super Bhut Jolokia JW sold by Whitehotpeppers.

  5. ThatGhostlyWanderer

    My vote would be these are Mayan habanero. I’ve grown those for years and love their flavor and spice. Not as fruity as a habanero to me, but still really good. Definitely not a ghost pepper.

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