Jay's Pink Purple Ghost Scorpion

Jay's Pink Purple Ghost Scorpion is a modern Italian Capsicum chinense hybrid created in 2020 by Giancarlo Fadda of Faddas Pepper. Seller and grower references identify it as a manual cross, most specifically listed as Jay's Pink x Purple Ghost Scorpion Orange, and the name ties it to Jay Weaver while also pointing to the ghost-scorpion superhot lineage behind the pods. Within the modern hobby chilli scene it became known as one of the more striking Fadda creations, valued for combining extreme heat with unusual anthocyanin-heavy colouring and a strong ornamental presence.

The plant is generally described as vigorous and visually dramatic, usually reaching about 80.0 to 120.0 cm tall. The foliage is dark purple to almost black-purple, and sellers also note purple flowers, giving the plant a dark overall appearance even before the fruit colours up. That dark-leaf habit is one of the main traits repeatedly associated with this pepper in specialist seed catalogues.

Pods are usually about 5.0 to 8.0 cm long, pendant, large, wrinkled, twisted and irregular, often finishing with a long curled scorpion-style stinger. Descriptions consistently emphasise the pod texture and shape, with heavily blistered surfaces and a dramatic, contorted form that makes the fruit look aggressive even before full ripening. The colour progression is one of its defining features: fruits begin in very dark purple or white-lilac purple tones and mature into purple-red, pink-purple, or peach-toned ripe colours depending on the selection and growing conditions.

Heat descriptions place it firmly in the superhot class, with repeated estimates around 900000 to 1200000 SHU and commonly rounded figures of about 1000000 SHU. Alongside the heat, grower-facing descriptions repeatedly mention a citrusy, fruity flavour with floral notes, making it a pepper that is grown not only for appearance but also for sauces, powders, infused oils, ferments, and other high-impact preparations where its flavour can still come through the burn. In chilli collector culture it is treated as both a serious superhot and a display plant, with its dark foliage and unusual purple-to-peach ripening making it memorable in seed lists and pepper circles.