Baby Shy Plants! (aka MIMOSA PUDICA, MAKAHIYA) Stay tuned for planting and update! Via YouTube. . 🌱🌸Mimosa Pudica or Makahiya is a sensitive plant that responds to touch. When touched or shaken, its compound leaves fold inward. This reaction is the plant’s defense mechanism. This flowering plant with beautiful lilac blooms is in the pea/legume family (Fabaceae or Leguminosae), which now made sense why my peanut plants close their leaves at night! Mimosa Pudica is native to South America and Ce

💚🌿🌱😊Shy plant , makahiya or mimosa pudica. I used to touch the leaves all the time when I was little in the Philippines! Such a neat plant. I grew this from seed. 😊#makahiya #shyplant #shy #mimosa #mimosapudica #plants #plant #gardening #gardener #garden #greenthumb #learntogrow #philippines #instacool #neat #fun #growsomething #gardenactivist #seedsnow #urbangardenersrepublic #urbanorganicgardener | Learn To Grow

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