Bright, bold, and incredibly striking, the Orange Carolina Reaper is a rare color variation of the world-famous Carolina Reaper line. This unique phenotype produces vivid orange pods with the wrinkled, bumpy texture Reaper growers love, along with the fruity chinense aroma and intense ornamental appeal. The saturated orange color glows on the plant, creating a gorgeous contrast against lush green foliage.
 
These seeds are authentic Orange Carolina Reaper, grown from verified stock and hand-harvested from pesticide-free plants. We grow and dry our superhots naturally, with no sprays or chemical treatments, to preserve the quality, purity, and true genetics of this uncommon variety. Every seed is handled in small batches to ensure high viability and accurate representation of this bright orange phenotype.
 
Scoville Units: 800,000 to 1.2 Million
 
How This Variety Was Developed:
The Orange Carolina Reaper originated from a selective breeding process that stabilized a naturally occurring orange color mutation within the original Reaper line. Through many generations of careful selection—focusing on pod shape, color intensity, fruit set, and plant vigor—growers locked in this radiant orange trait while keeping the signature gnarly Reaper structure.
 
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Orange Carolina Reaper has a bright, fruity, citrus-driven flavor with a cleaner and slightly sweeter character than the original red. The orange color hints at the taste: subtle notes of orange zest, tropical fruit, and a gentle floral chinense aroma underneath the heat. The overall flavor is vibrant and refreshing before the intensity builds, making this variety especially appealing for sauces, fresh use, and growers who enjoy superhots with a lighter, fruit-forward personality.
 
Superhot pepper seeds are extremely limited each season and expensive to produce. These plants yield very few fully mature, true-to-type seeds per pod. That’s why our packets contain 5 high-quality seeds, the perfect amount for growers who want to experiment without managing a huge batch. And trust us… we see you! We know you’ll want to plant all the peppers!
 
Orange Carolina Reaper plants thrive in full sun and warm conditions, ripening from green to fiery orange. Start seeds indoors 8–12 weeks before the last frost and keep seedlings warm for best germination. Plants grow vigorously in containers or the garden and appreciate rich soil and regular feeding.
 
Height: 3–5 ft
Light: Full sun
Type: Annual in most climates; perennial in zones 9–13
Seeds: Authentic, pesticide-free, small-batch grown
 
A vibrant and rare twist on a legendary peppe, perfect for collectors, breeders, and anyone who loves growing unique superhots with stunning color and true genetic integrity.

Most people don’t know that the trick to big healthy peppers that you see in the store is calcium! Peppers require calcium to reach their maximum potential and to help them combat pests naturally. 
Use your spent eggshells or garden gypsum to add calcium to the soil in addition to vegetable fertilizer. I use organic chicken manure based fertilizer. 
 
Do not plant peppers where you just previously planted tomatoes, eggplant or potatoes as this can make them more susceptible to disease as they are all from the same family. The pests that are attracted to these plants can remain in the soil for a while and build up and cause problems for future crops. They also use the same nutrients and can deplete the soil of what they need in particular if planted in the same spot. It’s always good as a general rule to add fresh soil and rotate all crops. 
 
We combine shipping on all seed orders, you pay one flat fee for as many seeds as you would like for no additional shipping. Orders over $35 for any combination of items ship for free to the US
PLANTING INSTRUCTIONS:
Start the seeds in starter pots with a premium potting soil. Plant the seeds ¼ inch deep. Place in full sun. Keep soil moist but not wet. Seeds will sprout in 1-2 weeks. Once the seeds have sprouted, continue to keep soil moist but not wet and plant them where desired. Keep in full sun. 
In colder climates, you can plant them in the ground and grow them as an annual or bring them indoors in winter or greenhouse kept. In warmer climates that do not freeze, you can grow these year round and they will live for several years. If you are right on the cusp and do get freezes of short duration, you can mulch heavily around the plants and cover the plants with fabric specifically designed for plants. 
 
Use premium potting soil when re-potting or garden soil if planting in the ground. Fertilize with a vegetable fertilizer.  One of the most important things you can do to ensure success of any pepper plants is to provide them with a source of calcium. This will not only yield larger healthier plants and peppers but will also provide disease resistance. You can use spent eggshells, but keep in mind that they take a while to break down. You can also use garden gypsum which is what I prefer because it provides calcium without affecting the ph of the soil since peppers prefer slightly acidic soil and other types of calcium will raise the ph.  I use Espoma Organic Garden Gypsum. You can find it on Amazon or other retailers. It’s a little pricey but it will last you forever and you can use it on all peppers, sweet or hot as well as tomatoes.  
 
Never plant peppers where you have had tomatoes, eggplant, or potatoes planted in the last 3 years. All of these plants are in the nightshade family and are susceptible to the same diseases and have similar nutritional requirements. Planting them in the same area can expose them to disease that can slowly build up in the soil as well as leach the area of nutrients that these plants specifically draw from the soil which may leave new plants of the same species lacking what they need. It’s always good to rotate all crops as a general rule.