There are some very beautiful and slow-growing biophytums. Some have rather large purple-tinted leaves compared to B. sensitivum. None are geophytic and they tend to be from wet to very wet forest habitats and require terrarium conditions. Occasionally they are offered on eBay or nurseries such as Ecuagenera (Cuenca, Ecuador). In my experience the common B. sensitivum is sensitive to touching the * underside* of the (younger) leaves, while the sensitive plant (MImosa pudica) responds to touching the *upper* leaf surface along the midrib. Dylan Hannon On 13 January 2012 05:45, aaron floden <aaron_floden@yahoo.com> wrote: > Its a weed in the university greenhouses, but there are a few potted > specimen plants. What we grow is also not overly sensitive to touch, but it > does respond to light levels. > > Aaron > > > --- On Thu, 1/12/12, Dennis Kramb <dkramb@badbear.com> wrote: > > From: Dennis Kramb <dkramb@badbear.com> > Subject: [pbs] OT: Biophytum > To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Date: Thursday, January 12, 2012, 9:38 AM > > Do any of you Oxaliphiles grow Biophytum? I have had B. sensitivum for a > year now and I really love it. It's a bit of a weed, but it's so unique > and easy. I have two growing on my kitchen sink now. They look like > little palm trees. I really didn't expect them to thrive outside of my > terrarium, but they're doing great. > > I'm a little dubious about them being B. sensitivum, though, as they are > remarkably NOT very sensitive. > > Dennis in Cincinnati > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > -- "*The greatest service which can be rendered any country is to add an useful plant to its culture*" - Thomas Jefferson Memorandum of Services to My Country, after 2 September 1800