Sarracenia Pollinating & Seed Collecting

This is a work in progress. For now read the basic carnivorous plant seed section. Everything is basically the same except the design of the flower. The other big difference is the time for Sarracenia seed development. You want to leave the flower attached to the mother plant for several weeks. Leave it intact until the seed pod starts to crack open. Then cut off the stalk and take in to collect the Sarracenia seed.

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Sarracenia can self pollinate but they need a little help. The flowers will remain open for about a week. If you lift a petal you can see the anthers on the ceiling of the flower. The anthers will release their pollen, which can be seen on the floor of the style. Collect the pollen with a toothpick or small modelers paint brush and deposit it onto each of the stigmas. The stigmas look like tiny hooks on the inside tips of each point of the umbrella style. Click the image for a larger highly detailed picture in a new window.

All you need to do is deposit pollen on the stigmas. Most Sarracenia can be pollinated with their own pollen but cross pollination is best when possible.

After the petals drop off the sepals and style remains, and generally lifts upward. The ovary will gradually swell over the next several weeks. Eventually the seed pod will turn brown and gradually crack open. This is the time to gather the seed, several hundred. Cut the flower stalk off and take inside. Work on your plate and open the pod. The seed will be brown to reddish tan and about the size of a large pinhead. Remove the seed from the ovary. Sarracenia seed will need stratification before it will germinate unless you plant it immediately.