Why is mimosa shy when touched?
Mimosa is a very playful plant, when your hand touches its leaves, the leaves will slowly close, like a shy girl. So is it really because of shyness as mentioned above, of course not!
Mimosa closes when touched, not because it's really shy, it's just a more graphic metaphor. In fact, closing the leaves when stimulated by the outside world is a way for it to protect itself, because the growth environment of its origin is very harsh, and it can only protect itself in this way. How does mimosa protect itself, and the secret lies mainly in the petiole of mimosa. There is a special organ on the petiole of mimosa called "leaf pillow", which grows a lot of parenchymal cells, which are very sensitive to themselves, and as long as they are slightly stimulated by external vibrations or touches, they will begin to have a closed response.
At the same time, mimosa is a wonderful plant that can predict the change of weather and rain. If you touch it with your hand, its leaves close quickly and open very slowly, which means that the weather will turn sunny; if you touch the mimosa, its leaves shrink slowly, sag slowly, or even close slightly and then open again, which means that the weather will change from sunny to cloudy or it will soon rain.
Mimosa flowers are numerous and beautiful, chuchu and moving, giving people the impression of weak and beautiful. It can be planted in the corner of the courtyard wall, or potted in the window case, and now it is more ornamental plants in the family.
