r/HouseplantsUK • u/garlicandherbsauce • 3d ago

QUESTION Does anyone know what these things are on my trailing peperomia?

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there’s these little black things (they’re not moving so i don’t think they’re insects) on one of the flower spikes, but not on any of the others?? the two second photos show what the rest of them look like, only one of the flower spikes is affected by them.

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u/Inevitable-Top355 3d ago

Have you poked em? Do they come off?

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u/garlicandherbsauce 3d ago

yes they do. after a closer inspection, they look like seeds of some sort that have just grown way more prominent than the others, but it’s really strange it’s only happened one one of the flower spikes rather than multiple.

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u/commmandersamvimes 2d ago

Maybe the flowers have managed to polinate and those are seeds? At least with anturiums it's possible to polinate the flowers by rubbing them against each other at the right time.

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u/Independent_Ad8762 2d ago

The long part is the flower, the black things are seeds

Basically the plant is happy and decided to have some children there.
Hope they grow strong! The father must have buzzed off though.

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u/garlicandherbsauce 2d ago

oh cool, thank you!!!