It really is rather beautiful, the pods turn a creamy off white when ripe, as you can see in the above picture.

The white ghost pepper, which is a natural variant of the regular bhut jolokia and comes from north east India, is apparently quite rare, and I don’t know how pure this strain is as it’s not showing that wrinkly look synonymous with super hot chillies. I don’t know whether that is natural or just my plant! I grew it in a medium sized pot, as I do with all my chilli plants as I like to keep them indoors, taking them out for a few hours on really hot summer days. This summer (2015) was the first time I grew it and it proved to be a very happy grower, producing freely, going through a slightly quiet phase a couple of times. Like its name suggests, HDC Sweet Ghost Pepper Vodka gives off a kick of sweetness up front with a spicy punch on the finish. An extreme close up horizontal photograph of a ghost pepper, aka Bhut Jolokia, it is one of the worlds hottest peppers weighting in at 1,041,427 Scoville. in ideal locations with long growing season.

Plant begins slowly but reaches in excess of 4 ft. Also known as White Bhut Jolokia, measuring a whopping 800 000 – 1 million on the Scoville Scale, the White Ghost Pepper is one hot baby! That’s over 100 times hotter than a jalapeño! Heirloom variety, also known as 'Bhut Jolokia, Ghost pepper is 1 of the world's hottest peppers, with Scoville units exceeding 1,000,000.