Help me identify spicy pepper growing in my garden...

[OOBradm]

My neighbor gave me a few seeds a few months ago for some "mild peppers". Turns out these little guys are freakin' hot. He forgets the name of the pepper, so I need ATOTs help on identifying the name of these delicious morsels.

The peppers themselves:

The plant they're growing on:

 

[coldmeat]

Looks like fresno from a quick google search.

 

[Schadenfroh]

It is a type of pepper high in estrogen and if consumed over even a short period of time will cause... odd... side effects.

Your neighbor is a great joker!

 

[preCRT]

How big are they?

Hint: if you include a ruler or even a coin in the pic we'd know the size.

 

[IronWing]

Are there other hot peppers growing nearby? Cross pollination can push up the heat so heat isn't always a good indicator of type.

 

[Iron Woode]

looks like some variation of the jalapeno.

 

[lxskllr]

looks like some variation of the jalapeno.

That's what I thought, but I don't know a whole lot about peppers. Most are mashed up in a bottle by the time I get them :^D

 

[bobdole369]

???

 

[Iron Woode]

???
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Compact_orange_pepper_plants.jpg

those are upright.

the plant in the picture shows hanging fruit.

possibly Santa Fe Grande Chili Peppers.

 

[bobdole369]

Yup sure enough. Shape is similar though.

 

[Iron Woode]

Yup sure enough. Shape is similar though.

true.

peppers are so highly crossbred now, it might never be accurately identified.

 

[CRXican]

they look like banana peppers

 

[GoodRevrnd]

They do kind of look like banana peppers actually. They kind of look like a cross between a Jalapeno and those common yellow spicy peppers you can find at most stores.

 

[BoomerD]

http://www.thehotpepper.com/forum/12-hot-pepper-talk/

 

[sandorski]

Time to make some Chilli.

 

[zinfamous]

those look yummy

 

[MarklarMarklar]

Looks exactly like the cascabella pepper plant I have growing.

http://www.google.com/images?q=cascabella

 

[mmntech]

Tomatoes and onions, some cilantro. Mmm, homemade salsa.

 

[QueBert]

Yellow Chilli's, I eat them all the time at Tommys with my Chili Cheese Fries, the orange one isn't fully ripe yet. Never seen a red one before.

 

[OOBradm]

Here's a few size comparison shots:

The big pepper is a banana pepper from the same garden just for comparison

At first I was thinking they were fresno peppers. But, after looking at the cascabella photos, I'm leaning towards that. Especially since my neighbor promised they weren't hot

 

[sandorski]

Pic sizes!! Keep them reasonable please.

 

[Newbian]

The only peppers I care for.

 

[MrPickins]

true.

peppers are so highly crossbred now, it might never be accurately identified.

Exactly. It's most likely that the original plant was a mild pepper, but was pollinated by a much spicier one.

Pic sizes!! Keep them reasonable please.

I was thinking the same thing.

The only peppers I care for.
..snip..

Awesome!

 

[fatpat268]

Wow, that's a nice pepper plant.

For some reason, I can never grow a pepper plant taller than 2 ft and with more than 3 peppers on it. Wet soil isn't an issue (the heat dries everything out) and I make sure everything stays fertilized, but peppers are the one thing that I just cannot grow.

Oh well.