Do birds pollinate poinsettias

Answer 1

Yes, birds pollinate poinsettias (Euphorbia pulcherrima).

Specifically, poinsettia nectar also draws such natural pollinators as bees from the Halictidae family, and bugs from the Sphingidae family of sphinx moths. Natural pollinators transport the pollen of one poinsettia plant to another as they go from poinsettia flower to poinsettia flower. Additionally, there are two other pollinator options:

1. A poinsettia has both female and male flowers on one plant so it can be self-pollinating.

2. Humans serve as artificial pollinators when they brush the pollen of one poinsettia onto another.

The advantage of natural and artificial pollinators is that the subsequently seeds will produce true to the parents. Such is not possible with reproduction by vegetative cuttings.

Answer 2

Yes, poinsettias (Euphorbia pulcherrima) reproduce.

Specifically, reproduction may occur in one of two ways. One is by seed. The other is by vegetative cuttings. It is the latter that tends to be the more widely practiced since problems in the parents are not passed on through the rooted cuttings.

Answer 3

Commercial Poinsettias are reproduced vegetativly from cuttings.

In the wild they reproduce from seed.

Answer 4

The sap can be poisonous, it can also be used by indigenous peoples as a medicine.