💚🌿🌱😊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

🌱This is Mimosa Pudica, we call it Makahiya in the Philippines, it’s commonly known as Shy or Sensitive Plant. This neat plant is related to peas and beans. What is interesting about this plant is that the compound leaves respond to stimuli such as touch or if lightly shaken, (seismonastic movement) causing them to fold inwards. In response to day and night changes, the leaves fold up and open in the morning. This is referred to as nyctinastic movement and is commonly seen in some leguminous pl

The Mimosa pudica flower is a creeping annual or perennial flowering plant. Like a number of other plant species, it undergoes changes in leaf orientation termed "sleep" or nyctinastic movement. The foliage closes during darkness and reopens in light. #TimelapseTuesday ⏳ | Science Channel

This is a Mimosa pudica plant; the leaves move in response to being touched. 👉 The plant has specialised motor cells at the base of each leaf, which cause movement when triggered by an electrical signal. This signal is achieved by hitting the plant, heating it up, or cooling it down. ⚡ When the electrical signal reaches the motor cell, it causes potassium ions to leave the cell, followed by a loss of water. 💧 This water loss means less force is applied to the cell walls, which causes the motor

A gentle touch, a graceful reaction. The mimosa pudica never fails to amaze ✨🌿 #botanifulyeg #botaniful #plantloft #yegplantshop #plantshopcanada #helloplantlover | Botaniful