I have a G. Mihanovichii that I have inside not disturbed, the flower has opened and closed for 5 days. No bugs got inside it and I did not do self pollination with a Q tip. Will pollen fall and fertilize by itself or only if something goes in the flower?
I had a gymnocalycium ragonesei flower open and I pollinated the G mihanovichii with it, I hope I'm not too late!
Will cacti self pollinate if flower isn't disturbed?
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Re: Will cacti self pollinate if flower isn't disturbed?
Not all cacti can fertilize themselves. I believe most if not all Gymnocalycium are self-sterile. Hybridization is highly dependent on genetic compatibility, and there's no set rules for what will work and what will not. This said, Gymnocalycium tends to be fairly easy to hybridize.
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Re: Will cacti self pollinate if flower isn't disturbed?
Mine is self fertile, that is why I'm not sure if it already pollinated itself or not. I always thought cactus flowers needed something to crawl inside to trigger pollen to fall.mdpillet wrote:Not all cacti can fertilize themselves. I believe most if not all Gymnocalycium are self-sterile. Hybridization is highly dependent on genetic compatibility, and there's no set rules for what will work and what will not. This said, Gymnocalycium tends to be fairly easy to hybridize.
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Re: Will cacti self pollinate if flower isn't disturbed?
Here's the couple I used, G. mihanovichii G. ragonesei
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