Not entirely accurate. If you know the whole lifecycle this strange process can make a hell of a lot more sense.<p>In the right environment, agave also reproduce vegetatively. They put out offshoots, some of which will produce their own roots.<p>Once you are closed in on all sides by clone siblings, your next best bet is to try to spread to a new spot. Reproducing sexually gives you a chance to expand to the next few habitable areas.<p>Then you die, leaving an open space in the middle of all your clones. They fill in and one of them has an opportunity to repeat the process in a few years.