Help identifying a pepper

[Lakshmivilla]

I planted a few pepper plants in early summer but this one just grew and grew without fruiting. Recently it's throwing a ton of fruit and I can't remember if they are habanero or Serrano (or something else?) can you guys confirm identification? Thanks.

[applestar]

Are those the only two choices? Serrano should be skinnier and long, I think, and it’s hard to tell but this fruit looks thick walled — there are wide variation in habanero but they are all generally thin-walled, some are lobed, with folds/wrinkles. The dark color could be misleading but it reminds me more of poblano, though this fruit looks too short and pointy.....

BUT - If those are the only choices, then I think this is more likely to be habanero.

[applestar]

If this is a thick-walled pepper, then the shape of it — and I now see another one like it through the fence so presumably typical for this plant — reminds me of Pimiento pepper.

[Lakshmivilla]

That is not the only choice but I definitely did not plant pimiento, maybe it is a pablano? It's also possible they aren't full grown yet?

[pepperhead212]

My first thought, when I saw that pepper, was an immature poblano, so if that was one that you planted, maybe that's it. It also looks like a small pimento; though it has been many years since I have grown those, I do remember that they were late producers, so that would be more likely - I have never grown a poblano that produced this late. But then, you said that you planted them in early summer. When was that? May have been a month or more after I usually plant mine, so maybe this isn't as late as it seems.

If it were a habanero, you would smell (and taste) that unique chinense aroma, even when green, though it increases greatly when ripe. Have you tried any of them yet?

[Lakshmivilla]

Ok the immature Pablano makes sense, to be honest I don't remember what I planted and what survived the summer but I've never heard of a pimento so I doubt that is what it is, it would have been something I have heard of/eaten before. We're in Texas so it stays warm into the year and we had a lot of rain in September so I think that spurred the growth. Do you know how long it takes for the poblano fruit to mature?