Only if they were pollenated will they produce seeds, you will get little fruits that contain the seeds. You can break those open to check but they just look like dried flowers.
Santi_bambu
Beautiful white wool 😍😍. Do all the Parodia crassigibba that have yellow flowers also have white wool? I might consider getting a yellow one because it looks stunning 😍
ChungLing
If you want to collect seeds, you should leave the spent flowers on the cactus next time. The fruit develops from the base of the flower. It is a little ugly, but the cactus cares not for our petty monkey standards of beauty.
Good news though, it looks like you’ll have a few more flowers very soon. They will fall off on their own if they fail to develop fruit. It will be fairly obvious if you watch it closely.
Also not sure if this species is self-fertile or not, but in theory any plant can be forced to self-fertilize. Cacti are known for doing this when stressed, so it’s always a possibility.
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Only if they were pollenated will they produce seeds, you will get little fruits that contain the seeds. You can break those open to check but they just look like dried flowers.
Beautiful white wool 😍😍. Do all the Parodia crassigibba that have yellow flowers also have white wool? I might consider getting a yellow one because it looks stunning 😍
If you want to collect seeds, you should leave the spent flowers on the cactus next time. The fruit develops from the base of the flower. It is a little ugly, but the cactus cares not for our petty monkey standards of beauty.
Good news though, it looks like you’ll have a few more flowers very soon. They will fall off on their own if they fail to develop fruit. It will be fairly obvious if you watch it closely.
Also not sure if this species is self-fertile or not, but in theory any plant can be forced to self-fertilize. Cacti are known for doing this when stressed, so it’s always a possibility.