purple naga

[PepperLover 0]

hi guys i have this plant its called purple naga i dont know if its c.annuum or what the pod takes very long time to mature turns from purple or black to deep red and idea what spice it belongs to or any other info about it

[Lonewolf 18,200]

Flower and pod shape (expecially calix) say it's a C.Annuum.

I received some seeds of it just today , labelled as Naga Jolokia Purple; I'll grow next year ...

[PepperLover 0]

i wounder whats is the history if this pepper not much in for about it

[luiz v 0]

I´m growing this variety this year, the plant looks so thinny and at the moment is in a 300 ml plastic cup and it started to show some flowers, there´s some information at the link below

http://www.thechileman.org/results.php?fin...p;submit=Search

[Lonewolf 18,200]

The Naga Jolokia (purple or red) is a Cayenna-like variety, similar to many other commonly grown and used in India and East-Asia.

Its fame is mainly due to the fact in the years 2001-2005 it was supposed to be the fabled "C.Frutescens var. Nagahari" which rated 855,000 shu in tests by some Indian laboratories.

 

Now we know it was a fake!

The fact that seeds of this variety (red) were sold everywhere as a super-hot was (in my opinion) the main cause to the aste of time needed to be sure of the existence of "true" super-hot.