At noon a few days later, I suddenly remembered that it was time to water and fertilize, so I looked at the big place where the flowerpot was placed. "Ah, it's alive!" "At the sight of the mimosa in the pot, I almost jumped up in surprise. The ugly mimosa straightened her slender waist and stretched out three green leaves. The delicate green leaves are swaying in the wind, as if a little girl is reaching out and calling to me. I can't help reaching out and touching it. It actually put away its leaves shyly. After a while, it quietly dispersed them. How interesting!
From that day on, I will go to see it or water it every day. I found that mimosa grows a green leaf almost every day, and there are usually two or three small buds between each group of leaves. When the bud grows for a week or two, it actually produces a purple ball, an oval flower without petals, and all the cores are very thin, just like an interesting little fluffy ball. Facing the mimosa and recalling the scene where my mother asked me to plant it in a flowerpot, I was deeply immersed in thinking. At this time, my mother came over and pointed to the mimosa and said to me, "Look, the mimosa is small, but it has strong vitality. No matter what the environment, it can constantly strive for self-improvement. People love it, it always lowers its head and is never proud. "
After listening to my mother's words, I know that I should be an independent, humble and simple person like a mimosa.
2. Strange mimosa
There are several mimosa plants on the lawn of our community. I pay special attention to them because they are different and arouse my curiosity.
In spring, the mimosa sprouts, green, and the pole is only 1 to 2 decimeters long. In summer, mimosa is luxuriant in foliage and leaves are very strange. It is a very thin stem, and there are some fine things like small needles on both sides, much like the leaves of Metasequoia glyptostroboides. In autumn, mimosa blooms, and small flowers are fluffy, pink and purple. Although it is small and unremarkable, when you look closely, you will find it beautiful and lovely. This is a delicate beauty, very charming. In late autumn and early winter, mimosa will bear fruit, just like lentils, with a green shell outside and seeds inside. After a while, the shell turns brown. Soon, the seeds jumped out of the shell and landed on the soil. When it takes root and sprouts next spring, it will reproduce from generation to generation, and its interest rate is no different from other plants. What makes people wonder is why the leaves droop and close when they touch it. I was puzzled, so I had to look for information on the Internet.
It turns out that mimosa once lived in the desert, and tornadoes often appeared in the desert. When the sand rolled up by the wind touched the leaves of mimosa, mimosa felt very painful and the leaves closed. In the long run, it will become grass that closes as soon as it touches leaves. There is a pouch for storing liquid on the stem of the petiole of mimosa, just like an oil cylinder in a hydraulic press. Usually, the bag is full of liquid. When you touch the leaves, the liquid in the bag flows to the upper and both sides of the leaves, and the leaves close under the action of gravity. Calm down for a while, the liquid slowly flows back into the bag from both sides, and the leaves spread out again.
Sometimes, I touch them on purpose and make fun of them.