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Old 4th May 2009, 12:29 AM
arvin555 arvin555 is offline
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Default Re: Pollinating Sarracenia

There is a term problem with "self pollentating" May I ask for clarification. From what I understand, self pollentating, means no need for external or 2nd party organism to help pollenate, like say Drosera Burmanii and Spatulata. But there are plants that can take it's own pollen, and some do not. What do we call those?

Sarracenia flowers, as I understand it has evolved so that the entrance is where the style is, and it will get pollenated from an insect entering, then the exit is a different route, preventing it's own pollen to pollenate the style.

At the end of the day, because Alcran confirmed that not pollenated flowers will not produce seeds, and my experience, using their own pollens works.... but dont' know about germination of the seeds, some might not germinate.

Thanks also for confirming the need for stratification... too bad I sowed the seeds I got from the flower that I found "ripe". Hehehe might try to pick them one by one tomorrow

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