Pollination method of Haworthia

Select plants

First, you need to choose the plants for pollination, which are two different flowering varieties of Haworthia. You can decide which variety you want.

If you look closely at the flower of the Haworthia striata, you will see that it consists of six petals in total, and it is difficult to see its stamens and pistils from the outside.

Pollination preparation

There is one more step before pollination. In order to facilitate the acquisition of pollen, the varieties with long receptacles need to be processed. Just pull the receptacle down until it looks like the picture below. If the receptacle is not long, there is no need to process it. This way the pollen is exposed outside, making operation much easier.

Distinguishing male and female pistils

If you look closely, you will find that the arrangement of the stamens is the same as the petals of the Haworthia plant, there are 6 of them, and the slightly swollen one in the middle is the pistil. The white protrusion on the top of the pistil is the stigma, and we will apply pollen to this place later.

Remove the stamens

Pick off the stamens of the two plants and find something to fix them, but be sure to distinguish the varieties.

pollination

Next, use tweezers to smear the pollen from another flower onto the pistil of this flower. Be careful with small movements and gentle force, and be sure not to poke off the stigma of the pistil with one hand. The rest of the time is just waiting.

Pollination success

The successfully pollinated pistil will slowly develop into a fruit, become darker in color, and begin to swell slightly. Not only will it show no signs of drying up, but it will seem to grow bigger day by day.

After a few more days, they became bigger, darker in color, and the fruits became longer.

NOTE: Tape the seed pods before they turn brown to prevent them from ejecting seeds once they are ripe and dry. If the top of the seed pod splits into three petals, it means the seeds are ripe. After picking, the black seeds inside can be sown immediately. The seeds have a short lifespan and are not suitable for long-term storage. They will hardly germinate after one year.