Pink Tiger x Moruga Yellow

Pink Tiger x Moruga Yellow is a modern Italian superhot Capsicum chinense hybrid bred by Giancarlo Gianki Fadda. The strongest live sources agree that it is a chinense cross and that it circulated in unstable early generations such as F2 and F3, which matches the wide variation growers report.

The plant is consistently described as visually striking, with dark green foliage, anthocyanin influence, and pods marked by pink or dark purple tiger-style striping. Sellers describe it as medium-sized to vigorous and productive, with fruit shapes ranging from twisted and gnarled forms to more Moruga-like scorpion shapes.

Heat is clearly in the superhot range, but exact figures are not settled online. Current seller descriptions place it roughly around 700,000 to 1,500,000+ SHU depending on source. The single-number value of 1,000,000 SHU is used here as a practical midpoint estimate rather than a lab-tested fixed figure.

Colour is the most unstable part of the line. One stronger seller listing describes the ripening path as purple-green to yellow with blush and anthocyanin accents, while another F3 listing says pods can ripen to an intense red with a yellow tinge and may retain striping even when fully mature. This mismatch fits the line’s openly unstable status, and later selections from the same cross have circulated as separate phenotypes such as White, Peach, and Multicolor.

This hybrid belongs firmly to the modern rare-seed and collector grower scene rather than any traditional regional food culture. It is valued for extreme heat, anthocyanin striping, unusual phenotype diversity, and suitability for sauces, oils, flakes, and powder.