[rhines81]

Originally Posted by bower

"Mirasol" was certainly not the same pepper. Much hotter, smaller fruit in clusters that point upwards, later to fruit and more cold sensitive, and a completely different taste. The Guajillo if it is the true one, is a long pepper that hangs down.
Puya was smaller and hotter than Guajillo, and later to fruit.

The guajillo, puya, catarino, and cascabel are all "Mirasol" cultivars. The guajillo, puya and catarino are long chiles while the cascabel is cylindrical in shape like a small ball. The Puya, as I recall, pointed upwards when I grew it last year. My cascabels did not survive to fruit so I don't know. Yes, the "guajillo" peppers hang. The naming conventions of peppers is very confusing and inconsistent ... I'm still looking for one good source of information that doesn't throw around all of the slang.