Can hot peppers and bell peppers cross pollinate?

Question

I've got poblano peppers and orange bell peppers in the same large pot. Strangely enough my poblano's are turning orange like the bell peppers should be. Is it possible that they've been cross pollinated and I've got a mix?

Answer 1

.They can cross but the fruit of the current plant will not be affected only the seeds.

hot peppers definitely cross with bell peppers. the peppers are not affected by the cross. but now you take the seeds and grow them out and you will get hot bell peppers. or some kind of cross.

Answer 2

If you plant them from seeds too close or if when the blooms come up bees can transfer the pollen.