Trias nasuta pod

I have a Trias nasuta that has set a pod, and I was considering sending the seed to Troy. But I don't know for SURE that this is a positive ID, because I've never seen the darn thing in bloom. The flowers all got pollinated before I could lay eyes on them. Also, I don't know if they were pollinated by an insect, or if this plant is self pollinating. I was watching it pretty closely as the buds were forming, and I strongly suspect it is cleistogamous/self pollinating.

Never having sent seed to Troy before, I have a few questions for the pros before I contact him:
1. Is this a species worth sending?
2. Will he be interested in it even though I don't know the positive ID? (I think I understand from his FAQs that I will have to pay more for it upfront...that's ok.)
3. If this plant is cleistogamous, does that necessarily mean its offspring will be, too? No need to grow a bunch of duds...

I think the pod is a few months old; it's fat, but it hasn't started to split yet.

I appreciate any input!

 

Thanks, Dale!

 

Yup - Ooi Leng.

Dale, does knowing Jon's is a dud too (I'm pretty sure his is from the same source) change your answer to question #3?

 

Ok, thanks.

Jon, how did you learn the seed wasn't viable?

 

Thanks, Jon. This is all new to me. I guess I'll wait until the pod splits and see what's what.

Say the seed is good (and my inexperienced eye doesn't know how to determine that) - how long does the seed stay viable? How quickly do I need to swaddle it and get it to Troy?