If yours looks like this I hope it does. Pictured below is a Meyer lemon

Steve

MileHigh, think we talked about this before, but as a refresher, nearly all citrus are parthenocarpic - have the ability to produce fruit without the need for pollination. Clementine mandarins are probably the most familiar cultivar that needs cross-pollination to produce a decent fruit crop (will still produce, but will be significantly less without cross-pollination). Your limes will form. Not to worry. And, of course, if you have indoor citrus, you wouldn't have the aid of insects to cross-pollinate the flowers, so, no need for a stigma.

Patty S.

Here is a link that might be useful: Pollination of Citrus

Hey Guys! Yes Patty i do remember talking about pollination and how the bearss lime is sterile. Sorry for not being clear anyways ill upload pictures so you can see what i mean.

Side note. This image looks just like Steves you can see the fruit forming at the beginning with the stigma still attached.

This is the lime im talking about i accidently broke the stigma off yesterday when i was moving the curtains. Will it continue to mature? that way if it doesnt i can remove it.

Thanks Guys!

Mile

Also while im at, guys does my tree require any sort of pruning? Id like to keep a tree shape rather then a bushy shape.

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Mile

This post was edited by MileHighGardener on Thu, Jan 15, 15 at 16:34

That lime should keep growing. If it does drop, it isn't because that bit fell off, it would because the tree might still be too young to support fruit.

I would hold off with pruning until it is a good bit bigger.

Yes, milehigh. The end of the stigma eventually drops off or dries up, as it is no longer needed. The fruit is forming below, in the ovule :-) Perfectly normal. Do not prune, it simply isn't big enough to prune. Wait until you have a nice, full, lush canopy, then prune out crossing branches, dense inner canopy, etc. If you can provide more light, it won't be so spindly :-)

Patty S.

Any citrus tree in a pot should do better as a bush unless it is seed grown and has to achieve a node count to flower. My sweetlee tangerine tree from seeds are being encourage to grow tall. I will translucent shade out the bottom half this summer to encourage growth where the sun shines. Any pruning I do is cutting of the last 1/4 of an inch to cause branch dividing. I will also nip the growing bus on limbs that are crossing after they put on a few leaves. The tip of this branch was encourage so I would get more branches and a more solid trunk.

Steve