Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2000 21:33:08 +0800 From: "Phill Mann" <philmann@altu.net.au> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg2405$foo@default> Subject:
> I've had a Nepenthes set viable seed where the nearest known Nep of
> the opposite sex in flower at that time was at a friends house over
> 2km away. I don't live anywhere near the Nep's natural habitat either.
> I'm not sure who the polinater was but I suspect a small native bee
> which lives here in Sydney. I don't know the extent of the bee's
> range, I guess it just got lucky.
If not pollinated, many Nepenthes will produce seed that looks good but
is sterile. Often after manual pollination a pod will produce only a few
seeds
that are viable, the rest are dross.
Pollinators for me are common flies and ants.
Regards
Phill
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