A Tricho made seed without cross-pollintion!

[mutant]

Hey, I got my first Tricho flowering this august-september, a scop, but had no other to pollinate.

I was amazed, the other day, to see one fruit that was still on, and that had burst open, that had made seeds...

Could this be self-fertilization, but the seeds are gonna be dud?

Anyone more experienced?

Nothing but some floweting Cerei exist in my area, as far as I know, but nowhere near where my scop is, which is more or less isolated...

any thoughts??

[Jack]

Maybe some a bee found a plant you didn't know existed

[Seldom]

any thoughts??

 

plant those suckers!

[TommyChesnutt]

well now hang on a second. is the cactus community absoultely sure cerei can't cross with trichs? and scops, in particular?

or maybe the pollen from the cerei were good enough to trigger a fertilisation... and trick the plant into having sex with itself.

poor bastard, that's two full-time jobs.

[mutant]

I am pretty sure there are not flowering trichocerei in my area, but yeah, you could never be sure...

maybe the bee found an Echinopsis ?

So, nobody has had this happening?

for some reason, I think hunnicut might be right...

will plant them, for sure, I never had the chance to sow scops, even though I suspect duds

[Evil Genius]

Hi Mutant, its very likely a natural hybrid with an Echinopsis or one of the countless other candidates that could grow somewhere nearby. I would definately suggest you to plant the seed! Would love to see what grows out of this! bye Eg