Botanically speaking, pepper flowers are "perfect," meaning that both male and female parts are in the same flower. Therefore, each flower can self-pollinate (however, pepper flowers may also cross-pollinate).
There is misinformation going around the internet that male bell peppers have 3 lobes and female bell peppers have 4 lobes--this is not true. The fruit comes from perfect ("all in one") flowers.
Botanically speaking, pepper flowers are "perfect," meaning that both male and female parts are in the same flower. Therefore, each flower can self-pollinate (however, pepper flowers may also cross-pollinate).
There is misinformation going around the internet that male bell peppers have 3 lobes and female bell peppers have 4 lobes--this is not true. The fruit comes from perfect ("all in one") flowers.