Pollinator question - just curious

B3

Plants with multiple florets like marjoram or VB: Is each floret just good for one visit by a pollinator or is there enough for multiple visits?

Lyn

I don’t really know, but I would think with heads of tiny flowers it’s a one time visit for each flower, that’s why they have hundreds of flowers to a head,  we need to grow more plants like that. So masses of flowers for bees.  

Fire

My understanding that a floret like those on a borage take 2 minutes to "reload" with nectar (one of the fastest), so, yes it's worth keeping the majoram until it's finished flowering.

I would guess that once a floret has had its pollen taken, the sexual job is done and there is no need to produce more. Wise @LG_ ?

Flowers that depend on insects or birds for pollination produce nectar. Wind pollinated flowers do not produce nectar.

Fire

This is an interesting article about pollinating orchards with soap bubbles.

Lyn

Yes in bigger flowers, dahlias are good as well but I would think the multi headed ones may be designed for single use.
I pollinate my pepper flowers,  they seem to die once I’ve done it.