Stugazo
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Help with what this pepper might be..

Hello everyone!

I'm new to gardening first year. I went to a nursery and bought starter plant of Cayenne pepper.

The plant is growing and has peppers.. They really don't look like Cayenne peppers to me.

I have no idea what they are at this point but they are growing green and a few changed to an orange color.

Please let me know what you think it might be..
https://www.flickr.com/photos/65803386@N08/5984171461/

Thanks for your help!

Will

https://www.flickr.com/photos/65803386@N08/5984171461/

mmmfloorpie
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Stugazo wrote:Hello everyone!

I'm new to gardening first year. I went to a nursery and bought starter plant of Cayenne pepper.

The plant is growing and has peppers.. They really don't look like Cayenne peppers to me.

I have no idea what they are at this point but they are growing green and a few changed to an orange color.

Please let me know what you think it might be..
https://www.flickr.com/photos/65803386@N08/5984171461/

Thanks for your help!

Will

https://www.flickr.com/photos/65803386@N08/5984171461/
Looks like a habanero to me!

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stella1751
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The pepper kind of looks like a Habanero, but the plant doesn't have Habanero leaves. I wonder whether it's an [url=https://www.totallytomato.com/dp.asp?pID=03053&c=36&p=Orange+Scotch+Bonnet+Pepper]Orange Scotch Bonnet[/url].

[url=https://www.totallytomato.com/dc.asp?c1=Hot&c=36]Totally Tomatoes[/url] has some great thumbnail photos of hot peppers that might help you. I was also wondering about the Caribbean peppers because of the similarity in names (Cayenne/Caribbean).

mattie g
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First guess was habanero, but it could be scotch bonnet.

Either way, you're growing some rocket fuel.



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