Ecuadorian Devils Breath

Capsicum: Chinense

Scoville units: 200,000 - 325,000

Blossom end shape: pointed

Fruit position and shape: pendant, oblate

Fruit size and color: 2" x 1 1/4" green > orange > red

Calyx shape: saucer shape, toothless

Flower: stellate, small and bell-shaped

Petals/Spots: white/none

Filament color: white

Anther color: blue

Habit: small, usually low tree

Stem: smooth

Leaves: large, uneven

Germ Time: 3 wks. >3 mo.

Maturity: 95 days

Plant height: 24-36"

One of the few large peppers in the Chinense Species. This pepper is extremely hot and has a very distinct shape to it.

Heirloom Ecuadorian Devil’s Breath (Capsicum Chinese) is the hottest pepper known to Ecuador. This rare pepper has thick walled pods and puts out a hefty amount of heat!

Devi’ls Breath peppers are a large hot pepper (similar in size to a regular bell pepper).Very productive plants growing 2 – 3 ft in height, each plant can produce 25 – 30 peppers or more.

You can use these peppers when they are green or young, they still pack a heafty punch – with maturity turning to red the heat intensifies.

Start seeds indoors 6 – 8 weeks prior to transplant in warm sunny location. Germination time can take up to 3 weeks, please be patient. Germination of these seeds will require consistent heat, moist soil and a good quality seed starting mix. These are a rare specialty pepper and do require a little more care with germination.

Depending on your growing season you may want to start seeds a couple weeks earlier as maturity is at least 90 days, peppers will continue as long as the heat and sun continues.