How do I know when when flowers are ready?

[Jhunt]

How would I know when the flower is supposed to be ready?

The petals are wet and producing nectar. The apartment smell like a musty locker room filled with corn chips.

However the flowers don't seem sticky, the pollen I try to apply just falls right off. Hoe long am I suppose to wait after they open?

 

[Grey Moss]

Odd, looks like it should be receptive now. Maybe you're applying too much. All that is needed is a very thin dusting of pollen on the stigma.

 

[adnedarn]

I see pollen on the red, so I'm just making sure that you're trying to place the pollen on the tip in blue.

 

[Jhunt]

Odd, looks like it should be receptive now. Maybe you're applying too much. All that is needed is a very thin dusting of pollen on the stigma.

Oh so I'm not supposed to be coating the entire flower? Thank you. I was other the impression that I was supposed to pack pollen on the flowers. Some people gave advice that they add pollen everyday for a week.

 

[Jhunt]

I see pollen on the red, so I'm just making sure that you're trying to place the pollen on the tip in blue.
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The shiny stuff in red is the nectar that's stinking up my apt haha. I'm trying to apply it to the blue area.

 

[DragonsEye]

Don't apply the nectar to the stigma, only the pollen.

 

[adnedarn]

Oh good catch DragonsEye! @Jhunt, you know you need two plants in flower at the same time (or saved pollen): a male and a female. No Nepenthes has both, you need to take pollen from a Male Nep and move it to the stigma (blue circle) of a female.

 

[Jhunt]

Yes, I have pollen from my singalana x truncata. I didn't touch the nectar.

I will try applying a light dusting of pollen vs trying to cover the entire stigma.