7 Pot Bubblegum Orange

7 Pot Bubblegum Orange is an orange-fruited Bubblegum 7 Pot line in the modern superhot Capsicum chinense group, best known for the bleeding calyx trait where the ripe pod colour pushes up into the calyx and sometimes into the stem. It is treated in current pepper sources as an orange variation of the Bubblegum line created through Jon Harper's breeding work in the United Kingdom, with the broader Bubblegum background commonly described as involving Red Moruga Scorpion and Yellow 7 Pot genetics.

The plant is described as a profiled, productive superhot plant reaching about 75 cm to 91.5 cm tall. Pods are typically about 5 to 7.5 cm long and about 5 cm wide, with a squat to blocky superhot shape, heavy wrinkling, and medium-thick flesh. The fruit begins green and ripens orange, with the orange colour extending into the calyx as the pods are left to mature fully on the plant.

Its flavour is described as sweet, fruity, and slightly floral, with some sellers and growers specifically noting a bubblegum-like sweetness behind the heat. It is used for hot sauce, salsa, seasoning powder, and other superhot applications where both flavour and extreme pungency are wanted.

The orange line was already in circulation in pepper-growing communities by early 2015 and appears repeatedly in 2015 and 2016 grow lists, showing that it had already spread through hobby superhot seed exchange by that period. Its core identity is tied to the Bubblegum family rather than to a separate old regional pepper tradition, and its defining trait remains the orange bleeding calyx combined with strong superhot chinense heat.

A major factual conflict exists around origin. Some live seed listings treat 7 Pot Bubblegum Orange as a Trinidad and Tobago variety because of its 7 Pot lineage, while other sources tie the Bubblegum line to Jon Harper's breeding work in the United Kingdom and present the orange form as a UK-bred Bubblegum variant.