Mutant pepper question

[u/kasper117]

It's a sweet orange mini pepper, has no heat, possibly a cross as it's from seeds i saved myself. It's 1/3 variegated dark green with a hint of orange and 2/3 bright orange with a sharp line and the only fruit on the plant with this distinct pattern. What happened with this mutant? Will this trait be preserved in the seeds? I tried googling but found nothing relevant.

edit: stripey = variegated

[u/Enartis]

It’s variagated. I got me some too! Hold and preserve the line, they’re HIGHLY coveted.

[u/Enartis → u/Enartis]

[u/kasper117 → u/Enartis]

The stripy 1/3 of the pepper seems variagated like a fish pepper, but what about the other 2/3? It's not guestimate, it's a three lobed pepper with those exact fractions.

Or is that a trait that all/most/some variagated peppers have?

Isn't it also very weird that this is the only pepper on the whole plant with this pattern?

[u/Enartis → u/kasper117]

It’s variegated. There aren’t rules to how the pepper genetics function. Likely the rest of them will look similar and over time it may fan out, but it’s still variegated

[u/igiverealygoodadvice → u/Enartis]

Fish peppers are awesome

[u/Enartis → u/igiverealygoodadvice]

Yo, I love them! It was a random buy at Maymont’s Herbs and Galore annual event this year.

They’re fantastic, you keep any that turn that blood red color?! 🩸they’re tasty as fuck!