apomictic?

From: Mary Jane Hatfield <oneota at ames.net> on 1999.02.22 at 03:43:19(3051) 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 ... +More 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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