apomictic?

Concerning my Dracontium spruceanum inflorescence, it was suggested that
it might be setting seed. I wondered how that might be possible since I
only have the one plant with the one flower (which has been flowering
for over a month now)

I was told *Look up "apomictic"* which I did.

I found ...

reproduction involving the specialized generative tissues but not
dependent on fertilization

Aroid-L archives refer to the term but do not explain it. Maybe it is
something everybody (but me) already knows.

http://gnome.agrenv.mcgill.ca/breeding/apomixis.htm

Please, tell me more. Do all plants do this sometimes? Why sometimes and
not other times? Now I am curious.

Thanks.
MJ Hatfield
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