How to read confidence
High: Documented — primary source, breeder's own statement, or published pedigree.
Medium: Community attribution — widely cited but not directly documented by the breeder.
Low / Disputed: Conflicting claims or a single unverified source.

Showing 39 breeders

B

Brian Seal

1 pepper
Independent hobby breeder
USA

Chocolate Beast

Medium: 1
B

Butch Taylor

aka Butch T

1 pepper
Zydeco Farms / Zydeco Hot Sauce
Mississippi, USA

Trinidad Scorpion Butch T

High: 1
C

Chad Soleski

1 pepper
Independent breeder
Wisconsin, USA

Bhutlah

High: 1
C

Chris Fowler

aka Welsh Dragon Chilli

4 peppers
Welsh Dragon Chilli
Wales, United Kingdom

Sugar Rush Cream; Sugar Rush Peach; Sugar Rush Red; Sugar Rush Stripey

High: 2
Medium: 2
C

Chris Saunders

1 pepper
Independent breeder
United Kingdom

Primotalii

Medium: 1
D

Danilo Marini

aka Space Chilli Peppers

1 pepper
Space Chilli Peppers
Italy

WhyNot White / WhyNot Peach

High: 1
D

Danise Coon

1 pepper
NMSU Chile Pepper Institute
New Mexico, USA

NuMex cultivar program (co-researcher)

High: 1
D

David Cappiello

aka Cappy

1 pepper
Pepper Ridge Farm / TheHotPepper community
North Carolina, USA

7 Pot Brain Strain

High: 1
E

Ed Currie

aka Smokin' Ed Currie

3 peppers
PuckerButt Pepper Company
South Carolina, USA

Apollo Pepper; Carolina Reaper; Pepper X

High: 3
E

Emanuele Addis

2 peppers
Independent breeder
Sardinia, Italy

Leopard Reaper; Reaper Sbagliato Purple Peach

High: 1
Medium: 1
F

Frank Garcia Jr.

aka Frank Garcia

1 pepper
GNS Spices
California, USA

Red Savina Habanero

High: 1
G

Gerald Fowler

1 pepper
The Chilli Pepper Company
Cumbria, United Kingdom

Naga Viper

Medium: 1
J

James Hill

1 pepper
Independent grower
Florida, USA

Gator Jigsaw

Medium: 1
J

Jay Weaver

aka Jay

3 peppers
Meadow View Farm
Pennsylvania, USA

Jay's Peach Ghost Scorpion; Jay's Red Ghost Scorpion; Lightning Habanero family

High: 2
Medium: 1
J

Jim Duffy

1 pepper
Refining Fire Chiles
California, USA

Death Spiral

Medium: 1
J

Jon Harper

aka Jonathan Harper

2 peppers
Independent UK breeder
United Kingdom

7 Pot Bubblegum (BBG7); Borg 9

High: 1
Medium: 1
J

Joy Michaud

1 pepper
Sea Spring Seeds
Dorset, United Kingdom

Dorset Naga

High: 1
J

Jukka Kilpinen

aka Jukka 'Fatalii' Kilpinen

4 peppers
Fatalii.net / Fatalii Seeds
Finland

Aji Fantasy; Fatalii Gourmet Jigsaw; Sugar Rush; Sugar Rush Stripey

High: 4
J

Justin White

1 pepper
White Hot Peppers
USA

White Hot Lime

Medium: 1
L

Laurent Minet

1 pepper
CTH Gembloux collaboration
Belgium / France

Zebrange

High: 1
M

Matt Ohlendorf

1 pepper
Matt's Peppers
Alaska, USA

Mattapeno

High: 1
M

Matthew Arthur

aka MA

2 peppers
Independent breeder
USA

MA Warthog; MA Wartryx

High: 1
Low/Disputed: 1
M

Michael Mazourek

1 pepper
Cornell University / Row 7 Seed Company
New York, USA

Habanada

High: 1
M

Michael Michaud

1 pepper
Sea Spring Seeds
Dorset, United Kingdom

Dorset Naga

High: 1
M

Mike Smith

1 pepper
Tom Smith's Plants
Wales, United Kingdom

Dragon's Breath

Medium: 1
N

Neal Price

1 pepper
NPK Technology / Nottingham Trent University collaboration
United Kingdom

Dragon's Breath

Medium: 1
N

Nick Kemps

1 pepper
Hellgarden
USA

NK HellHammer

Low/Disputed: 1
N

Nick Woods

aka Nicholas Woods

1 pepper
Fire Foods
Lincolnshire, United Kingdom

Infinity Chili

High: 1
N

Nigel Rooplal

1 pepper
Trinidad farmer
Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad Moruga Scorpion (red)

Low/Disputed: 1
P

Paul Bosland

1 pepper
NMSU Chile Pepper Institute
New Mexico, USA

NuMex cultivar program (e.g., NuMex Sunrise/Sunset/Eclipse 1988; NuMex Heritage 6-4; NuMex Sandia Select)

High: 1
R

Rocco Maltesi

2 peppers
Independent breeder
Italy

Fried Chicken (originally BubbleSkin); Purple Gator Jigsaw

Medium: 2
R

Ross Barber

1 pepper
Independent breeder
Queensland, Australia

RB003

Medium: 1
R

Russell Rooplal

aka Russell 'Rocky' Rooplal

1 pepper
Trinidad farmer (deceased)
Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad Moruga Scorpion (red)

Low/Disputed: 1
S

Salvatore Genovese

aka Salv Genovese

1 pepper
Love My Chillies / Genovese family farm
Bedfordshire, United Kingdom

Komodo Dragon

Medium: 1
S

Steven McLaurin

1 pepper
Independent grower
USA

Chocolate Bhutlah

High: 1
T

Terry Smith

2 peppers
Independent breeder
United Kingdom

Death Spiral; Naga Bubblegum Red

Medium: 2
T

Tom Motta

1 pepper
Independent grower
USA

Sugar Rush Stripey

High: 1
T

Troy Primeaux

aka Troy 'Primo' Primeaux

2 peppers
Primo's Peppers
Louisiana, USA

7 Pot Primo; Big Red Mama / Big Mama

High: 2
W

Wahid Ogeer

1 pepper
Trinidad farmer and agricultural trainer
Trinidad and Tobago

Yellow Trinidad Moruga Scorpion

High: 1

This is a research directory, not a global registry. Attribution is separated from parentage certainty — see the confidence legend above.

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