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I have an odd plant that work sent us as a gift during lockdown -- it spreads its leaves as if waking up only when dark, which is totally opposite from what I w
by supernova87a 6y ago
I have an odd plant that work sent us as a gift during lockdown -- it spreads its leaves as if waking up only when dark, which is totally opposite from what I would've expected.
This might prompt me to observe it a bit more instead of letting it die of neglect!
- platz 6y ago"Prayer Plants" all do this; it's called nyctinasty. Usually it's plants in the Maranta or Calathea family. There are several theories why they do it, such as water retention or discouraging predation, but they don't really know for sure.