Sarracenia Self pollenation

[arvin555]

helps a lot Strath thanks, didn't know that I needed to do all 5. As of now it seems that there is still really no pollen yet, I still can't access the inside, probably still developing.

Thanks Cindy for the clarification will click on it i was able to also see a cut away photo in wikipedia too.

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Arvin

[arvin555]

Photo of S. Alata flower. Thanks to you guys and gals, I was able to collect some pollen and I was able to find the Sigmas and tried to pollenate them today. Will try again tomorrow to make sure.

I got the pollens from Anthers though because the style didn't have much pollens on it yet. Maybe that is a mistake because maybe the pollens are not yet ripe on the anthers, that is why I will try again as long as it is still possible.

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Arvin

[Cindy]

Arvin, when the anthers are ripe the pollen will fall onto the "inverted umbrella". All you need to do is to use a cotton bud to pick up the pollen and rub it onto the stigma. If pollination is successful, the petals fall off the next day. I continued to pollinate for a week after that.

[arvin555]

Thanks Cindy, if I didn't know that the petals naturally fall off after pollentation I would be very sad if that happened to my flower. Today I did another pollenation, this time the pollens are on the bottom of the style/umbrella already. Will do, continue to pollenate even if the petals fall off already.

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Arvin

[arvin555]

Guys, may I know how long do sarracenia flowers last? The petals have already fallen off, but the rest is still there, I can see that the middle part is swollen (hopefully that means it was fertilized) but it has been around 20 days since start of pollenation and the flower is still green. Not that I don't appreciate it. Wonder if it means something is wrong or that it is a good sign that it is taking so long for it to dry up?

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Arvin

[arvin555]

Hi all,

here is a photo of the Sarra flower, I wonder if the inflated insides means that it was actually pollenated and is making seeds now?