Pollinized vs. unpollinized

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Pollinated vs. not

I believe there's a number of people who'll look inside a seed pod of a sarracenia flower, see tiny brown bodies and think that these are seeds. In a flower which has not been pollinated though, these brown bodies will be tiny compared to normal seeds. Here I offer a side-by-side comparison of what a pollinated vs an un-pollinated seed capsule looks like:

Notice how in the pollinated pod, the seeds occupy all of the space inside the pod vs the one which was not pollinated?
So remember kiddies: Just because you see brown stuff inside the seed pod doesn't mean that you got viable seeds.

 

[GrowinOld]

Nice!

Nice comparison picture Broken.
Hopefully it will help some new growers to save the time of trying to plant unfertilized seed!

As a kid, I used to try to grow anything looking remotely like a seed. (CP's and non-CP plants alike)
Took some experience to learn what was viable and what was not.

Sometimes a seed pod will contain both, or with even just one fertilized (polinated) seed and all the rest undeveloped. Interesting to see, and unusual!

Again, nice pic!

 

[DroseraBug]

Nice comparison picture Broken.
Hopefully it will help some new growers to save the time of trying to plant unfertilized seed!

Or try and trade/sale it which I've seen.

 

[F R e N c H 3 z]

Nice! Looks like a full harvest. Sometimes I've also found 3 or 4 fertile seeds in an unfertilized seed pod, most likely due to self fertilization...

 

[sarracenia]

That reminds me of a time someone sent me some Sarracenia "seeds", only to get the unpollinated type. It was a gift so I laughed it off.