As I was watering my plants today I noticed one of the flowers on my Serrano plant, the first flower that was in almost full bloom on the Serrano, was all closed up and the usually white petals had a hint of brown to them. Upon further inspection of the flower, a small flying bug (looked like an ant with wings) crawled out of the flower and flew off. Could this insect be the cause of why my flower closed up? Is the flower dead or is it supposed to do this? I just upgraded my plants into bigger pots yesterday, perhaps this is the cause and the insect just happened to be there when I checked on it today?
One of the flowers on my habenero plant, just for reference the flower on the Serrano used to look pretty similar to this.
The flower on the Serrano that had the insect inside was the one on the left of the bottom pair. My camera couldn't really capture the brownish hints to it but you can clearly see the flower is no longer open like it was yesterday.
One of the flowers on my habenero plant, just for reference the flower on the Serrano used to look pretty similar to this.
The flower on the Serrano that had the insect inside was the one on the left of the bottom pair. My camera couldn't really capture the brownish hints to it but you can clearly see the flower is no longer open like it was yesterday.