Look what i found:
It's a capsule!
Since I'm reasonably sure natural pollinators are absent from the region, I wonder how did it come to this.
Three options come to mind:
1. flower fertilised itself, as some orchids do
2. a native insect species fertilised it,
3. a physical shock (like a fall) disloged the pollinia
none of the options seems particularly likely,
1. restrepias are generally speaking not very self-compatible, so they likely do not have mechanisms that make that possible?
the other two seem even more unlikely, i cant find any paper referring to the pollinator so i can not check if we have something similar, and the chances of the pollinia falling out and then falling on the stigma (of the same flower) are small, i imagine, if it's even possible?
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