[CH] Re: What type of pepper is this?
chilehead@tough-love.com
Thu, 20 Sep 2007 17:40:38 -0400
Looks like one of the Pequins (Piquins) I have sitting in a bowl on my desk.
About the same size too. The Thai Hots which I also sell seeds for are about
2" x 1/4".
Dave
TLCC
> Referring to the photo I just uploaded to www.jstrack.org/photo/ ....
> Does anyone know what type of pepper that is? As I mentioned below
> the photo (which is a link to the full-size image), I've been told
> two names for it: "Thai Piquin" and "Thai Hot" (neither of which I
> can find any reference for online). Heat level: considerably hotter
> than the "standard" Thai pepper or habanero.
>
> One Thai lady I used to work with put it this way.... First, I pulled
> out a bunch of regular (hot) Thai peppers. She simply said, "They not
> hot." When I pulled out the peppers in the photo, she said, "They hot."
>
> Second...if anyone does know what it is, do you know where (mostly FYI
> for next year's pepper garden) I can get some? Based on their complete
> lack of any sprouts (where, when I planted them before all of the cancer
> BS, they took off *VERY* quickly and with a very high survival rate), it
> looks like mine are now too old to get any viable seeds. :-(
>
> Thanks,
> --jim
>
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