On 6/4/05 15:53, in article , "shazzbat"
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"Kay" wrote in message
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snip The famous one is Mimosa pudica. The leaves are made of lots of
little
leaflets along each side of a central stem, and when you touch the leaf,
all the leaflets fold along their centres, the whole leaf fold down
along its central stem, and the stem of the leaf folds down.

Chiltern seeds sell the seeds.
Kay

Bought a baby one last week at the GC for 0,80 eurocent :~))
It's really interesting how the leaves fold up

Kids love them as I recall. When ours were little they touched it so often
it gave up on the task. Then gave up the ghost.

Steve


For a good-sized conservatory, try a Sparmannia - brush your finger over the
stamens and wait.......
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