seeds i collected, viable?

[runnervalentine]

I saw some sad looking VFTs at a plant store around here, they were very weak and someone let them flower (prob to attract costumers) but these ones had not been picked up by anyone, the plant was nearly dead, and the flower stalk dead about half way down. I saw some seed pods and collected a few off a couple plants in hopes to gather some seeds.

now the question, i have never seen seeds in real life, i dont even know if there are seeds in these pod things, what i think are the seeds are the light brown dots, almost tear drop shaped. seeds i see in pics are black, these are not, i have them in a paper bag chillin in a drawer still in the flower pod (unless they got shook out). will they work to plant?

[peterhewitt]

Flytrap seeds are black in color and shiny. Brown seeds might indicate unfertilized seeds or non viable. the chances that the plants were pollinated in the store are very slim and since most probably came from the same tc clone, any polination would in fact be "selfing" so seedlings could be weak. the only way to know for sure is too stratify them and see what happens.

[mmlr38]

Can you post a photo of them? If they aren't hard, black and shiny, I doubt that you have seeds.

[runnervalentine]

yeah i will try, i need to post pics of my plants anyways hopefully tomorrow.

[ICPS-bob]

Here are a couple of links to seed photos
www.flytrapranch.com/photos/albums/1_venus_flytraps/dionaea-seed-production.jpg
www3.plala.or.jp/Dionaea-Club/dionaea/clt_seed/index.htm
necps.org/images/20030517-CP-D.muscipula-%20seed%20heads.jpg