self-pollination

[SpyCspider]

Hi,

This might sound like basic Bio 101, but when people mention that a lot of sundews can self-pollinate, does that still require human intervention to apply the pollen to the stigma?  Or will pollen somehow "magically" find itself there via wind, etc?

I have a two pots of spatulatas that have 8 to 10 stalks each and although the flowers are pretty, the old ones haven't formed seed pods yet and it's been a couple of months now.  I ask because I haven't pollinated them myself and just assumed it would invariably do it itself.
Thanks!

Johnny

 

[jimscott]

They do NOT need human intervention at all. And spatulatas are the guppy of the CP world... that and capensis.

 

[SpyCspider]

^nice, thanks Jim.

Oh and by the way, all your dews that you sent me are doing great--getting larger and very dewy! I will probably have to separate them soon; however, since I put them all in one container in the beginning. Thanks again.

 

[PEM]

Most Drosera self pollinate when the flowers close from wilting, pushing the anthers onto the stigma.

 

[jimscott]

You're very welcome!