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Thread #79604 Message #1443255
Posted By: Helen
25-Mar-05 - 02:00 AM
Thread Name: BS: Identify sensitive plant: dark red leaf
Subject: BS: Identify sensitive plant: dark red leaf
Hi all you knowledgeable Mudcatters (and that means all of you).
Years - i.e. decades - ago I had a little indoor plant in a pot (here in Australia) which was named a "sensitive plant". It had dark burgundy leaves which were kind of heart shaped and about the size of a thumbnail. The leaves would be upright until you touched them and then they would suddenly fold down . It was a nice little plant, with soft-textured leaves a little like a maidenhair fern (adiantum aethiopicum) and I would really like to track down another one but I don't know what it was called. I have Googled for "sensitive plant" but didn't find any with dark red/burgundy coloured leaves. I've never seen it before or since. It may or may not be an oxalis variety.
So, you plant lovers and knowledgeable people, how can I find out what it was called i.e. specific name or Latin name so that I can find another one. Any ideas, oh wise and wonderful 'Catters?