Hot Pepper ID

Hey guy. A Mexican guy at work gave me a few of these extremely hot peppers the other day and I didn't catch the name. Not as hot as a habanero, but still hot enough that 4 hours later I took my contact lenses out and after washing my hands at least 3 times it was still hot enough to sting my eyes. His english isn't all that great and I can speak so-so spanish, but still things get lost in translation sometimes. They are about 3/4-1". They're weird, they actually start off kind of sweet and have a good pepper taste to them, then about 5 seconds later hit you like a sledgehammer.

Looks like red jalapenos.

Yeah they do, but they are much smaller and WAY hotter. The guy told me the Spanish name like 3 times but I kept forgetting it. I know it started with a "ch" (no not chili).

Just curious because I want to save some seeds and try to grow them, and I know everyone who sees or tries them is going to ask what the name is.

I would guess them to be Fiestas, Serranos or Tabascos. All are about that size and all are pretty hot. They could also be Machos.

chile de arbol....
"pepper from trees"

pretty popular in mexico....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_árbol

IAm5toned said:

chile de arbol....
"pepper from trees"

pretty popular in mexico....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_árbol

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IMO they look way too short to be those. chile de arbol are generally a lot longer and skinny.

It looks like a Del Diablo or some sort of Chiltepin.

Chad Sexington said:

It looks like a Del Diablo or some sort of Chiltepin.

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That sounds pretty close, but the images I'm seeing online look a little different. I'm going to ask him again next time I see him.