How to Tell If a Sarracenia Purpurea Flower Has Been Pollinated: Ovary Development Signs

Visual Cue

A plump, round ovary indicates successful pollination. In a couple weeks, it will brown completely and split open, revealing seeds.

Flower

Carnivorous Plants: Storing Sarracenia Pollen for Hand Pollination; Identifying Bare-Root Sarracenia Rhizomes from Sarracenia Northwest; Sarracenia Pollen Viability: Refrigerate, Use Soon; Understanding Short Flower Stalks in Sarracenia and Fertilizer Sensitivity in Red Dragon Flytraps; Sarracenia ‘Fiona’ Flower: Cross-Pollination Required for Seed; Off-Season Flowering in Sarracenia Flava: A Common but Seedless Occurrence; Sarracenia rubra Flower Bud Identification: Tiny But Normal; Sarracenia Re-flowering in Fall: To Cut or Not to Cut?; Self-Pollinating Sarracenia flava: Collecting Pollen; Sarracenia flava First to Flower: Orange-Red Buds, Yellow Blooms, Self-Pollination Guide

Garden Articles

Plants