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Cross pollination

I have a D.Helodes "reel" and a D.Capensis they are both in flower i put some cape pollen in the D.Helodes. Will this cross produce seed???
 
This will not be possible. D. capensis and D. helodes are plants from two very different subgenera. Capensis is a typical sundew, and could be crossed with many of the widepsread tropical and northern temperate sundews, but D. helodes is a pygmy sundew, has a very different chromosomal number, and completely different forms of growth and reproduction. Though they are both sundews, they are worlds apart in genetics and could never be compatible.
 
However, you should be able to self-pollinate the capensis, and self-pollination may be poible with the helodes as well.
 
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