{"id":459,"date":"2022-01-18T03:13:44","date_gmt":"2022-01-18T03:13:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/utahbackyardtropicals.com\/?p=459"},"modified":"2022-02-01T22:23:21","modified_gmt":"2022-02-01T22:23:21","slug":"the-sensitive-plant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/utahbackyardtropicals.com\/?p=459","title":{"rendered":"The Sensitive Plant"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This is called the sensitive plant also known as Mimosa Pudica and it is also called touch-me-not plant, shame plant, Makahiya shy plant, humble plant and other names. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you touch the leaves they will move inward and a few minutes later the leaves will fold back up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> Sensitive plants have thorny stems and fern like leaves. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They have these small pink flowers made with lots of stammers that create a spherical shape. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Sensitive plant is very unique and it is fun to watch it move.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" data-id=\"460\" src=\"https:\/\/utahbackyardtropicals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/sensitive-plant.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/utahbackyardtropicals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/sensitive-plant.jpg 960w, https:\/\/utahbackyardtropicals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/sensitive-plant-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/utahbackyardtropicals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/sensitive-plant-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/utahbackyardtropicals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/sensitive-plant-600x450.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"751\" data-id=\"556\" src=\"https:\/\/utahbackyardtropicals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/senitive-pl-1-1024x751.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-556\" srcset=\"https:\/\/utahbackyardtropicals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/senitive-pl-1-1024x751.webp 1024w, https:\/\/utahbackyardtropicals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/senitive-pl-1-300x220.webp 300w, https:\/\/utahbackyardtropicals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/senitive-pl-1-768x563.webp 768w, https:\/\/utahbackyardtropicals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/senitive-pl-1-600x440.webp 600w, https:\/\/utahbackyardtropicals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/senitive-pl-1.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How to grow sensitive plants from seed (Mimosa Pudica)\" width=\"950\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pXP8wbQX8fw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is called the sensitive plant also known as Mimosa Pudica and it is also called touch-me-not plant, shame plant, Makahiya shy plant, humble plant and other names. If you touch the leaves they will move inward and a few minutes later the leaves will fold back up. Sensitive plants have thorny stems and fern &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/utahbackyardtropicals.com\/?p=459\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Sensitive Plant&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":555,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tropical-flowers"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/utahbackyardtropicals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/senitive-pl.webp","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":208,"url":"https:\/\/utahbackyardtropicals.com\/?p=208","url_meta":{"origin":459,"position":0},"title":"How to Grow a Cacao Tree From Seed","date":"January 1, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Have you ever wondered how to grow a cacao tree (also known as a theobroma cacao)? 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