Hi All,
I have a friend who is excitied about his young yopo seedling and posted a vid of it closing leaves rapidly in response to his misting spray...
I told him this means it must be actually Mimosa pudica, as that is the only species I know that does that.
All (most?) mimosa, acacia, desmanthus etc... close at night, but I was fairly certain that only PUDICA will rapidly fold it's leaves in response to touch.
He reckons that the seed was legit, supplied by "Herbs of the Gods" in Amsterdam, and has googled and compared the seed of each.
I never saw his seed so I don't know.
It's a very young seedling, so looks like any of 400 similar species right now..
I've grown m. pudica many times, and other acacias, but never yopo.
Wiki's "Rapid Plant Movement" page lists M. pudica, but not A. peregrina as able to fold rapidly...
Can someone confirm yopo does or doesn't rapidly fold it's leaves in response to touch?