Curly chilli: ID please

[Two_Sheds]

So I've got lots of these lovely curly chillies (which are now all red), but I have no idea what they are.
I've googled, also looked on lots of chilli-growers' websites.

any ideas? We *think* it came from a pack of Chilli Shake

Heat: I just ate half a one raw, so it's not that hot. Not as hot as a Cayenne

[sdgtiger]

look a bit like joes long/pinochios nose. I grew them last year and the ones i left outside looked exactly like your picture. Weren't hot at all so i didn't bother this year.

[Jillyreeves]

Sorry no idea what sort they are, but they look pretty :-)

[Luci]

Yup, looks like a Pinocchios Nose. I've got some growing in the greenhouse and they look exactly like that.
They didn't seem to be that hot when green, but got a fair bit warmer when they turned red.

[OllieMartin]

Here are Joe's Long from thechileman.org database:


There's a good search function on there if you can narrow down any of the following details:
HEAT:
ORIGIN:
SPECIES:

[Mustard]

Looks just like the Joe's Long I grew this year, more so than the ones shown from the database.

[rustylady]

I got some of those too - may have been from the Chilli Shake pack - I seem to remember giving you some of those. My original thought was Joe's long, but they all seem to be straight(ish). Very similar, apart from the curlyness.

[ginger ninger]

Mighty fine chili you have there TS, I couldn't be sure but it looks like Joe's long.

[Two_Sheds]

I thought Joe's Long too, but I didn't find any examples of curly ones when I searched

[stupot]

I'd say Joe's Long too. I grew some from a bought packet this year and some of mine curled, some more than others.

[Two_Sheds]

OK, so what causes the curling?
Most of Joe's Long are straight ...

[rustylady]

Just picked another 23 Joes Long chillies. The curly ones are definitely this variety, I just had 2 curly ones on a plant with straight ones. Definitely labelled Joes Long, grown from named seed. As to what causes the curling, no idea.

[stupot]

Maybe the curling is caused by incomplete pollination? Sometimes I get the odd pepper with one side not fully formed. lat year I had a few tomatoes, grown next to chilli plants, with little chilli-like phallus's growing out the side. Most odd - Esther Rantzen would have loved it!