Pepper Habanero Orange Hot OSC Seed

Habanero “Orange” Pepper Seeds (Ripening colours include red, orange, green and yellow.) 1936. Open Pollinated.

Approx. 35 seeds/pkt (160 seeds/gram)

Most fruits, but not all, will eventually ripen to an orange colour.

Scorching hot fruit are lantern-shaped and about 2.5 cm x 3.75 cm with thin wrinkled flesh that turns from light green to orange when ripe. Germination of the seed is slow with warm conditions 26° C essential for best results. As seeds can also carry the essential heat of the pepper, to avoid transferring capsaicin (the active component responsible for the “heat” sensation) to sensitive parts of your body, we advise washing your hands after handling both seeds and fruit. Grows 50-70 cm in height. Scoville Heat Unit Rating – 250,000

Scoville Heat Units – The Scoville heat unit (SHU) rating is your guide to the perceived hotness of peppers caused by the active component capsaicin. The scale runs from about 2500 SHU for the mildest Anaheim to several million SHU. Our hottest is the Caribbean Red Hot at 400,000 SHU.