Organic Orange Habanero Chile Hot Peppers Seeds. The peppers themselves are shorter and thicker than most other cultivars, growing from 24-36 inches tall. Space plants 24-36 from each other. Habañeros can first be harvested about 90 days after transplanting, and will become hotter as they reach full maturity. The Orange Habanero ripens from green to a bright orange hue. Its skin is thin and waxy with slight exterior wrinkling. Their pods have a distinctive lantern-like shape and are petite measuring typically no bigger than two inches in length and one to two inches in width. A close relative of the Scotch bonnet pepper, the Orange Habanero has a similar shape, flavor and heat as the Scotch bonnet. An aromatic chile pepper the Orange Habanero has a subtle apricot aroma and offers an intense and pungent heat at 200,000 - 300,000 Scoville units.