Nepenthes seeds discovered...

[sarita]

My Nepenthes maxima flowered last November and I just left it alone on the plant. There were no flowering male plants on my rooftop garden, so I just assumed that the flowers would die. (I should explain that I live in Mexico). Last week I discovered a stalk on the plant with "sprung" seedpods, inside of which there were many hundreds of small 3mm seed threads, with thick middles. I just planted them today on the off chance that they are viable.

My question is this: Can I assume that these flowers were pollinated if the seedpods and the threads developed, or could these seeds just be empty bodies?

[bux]

Hi,

You would have needed pollen from a male plant to pollinate your female maxima.
The pods contain none pollinated seeds...

Fabrice

[glider14]

the plant wouldnt go through the trouble of producing seeds if to dosent get pollinated. female flowers die off if they arent pollinated. i think that there may just be another Nepenthes grower around you or....it drifted by wind from a far away place(possible....though unlikely). let us know when they sprout
Alex

[sarita]

Well, those are the 2 possibilities.
I know that for most plants, if there is no fertilization, then the flower just falls off. That is what surprised me. None of my other nepenthes has flowered and I didn't think there were any other growers around me. But Puerto Vallarta is a big city. You never know.
I will update if they sprout.