How many kinds of plants that can forecast the weather do you know?

Nature is truly amazing: it not only nurtures all kinds of plants, but also gives them special abilities. Some plants are not only beautiful to look at and can be grown for ornament, but can also act as weather forecasters and predict weather conditions. Isn't that surprising? Come along with the editor and take a look at these amazing plants.

Mimosa (Mimosa pudica)

The mimosa is different from ordinary plants: when touched by the outside world, its leaf stalks droop and its small leaflets close up, just like a shy little girl. So people also call it the shy plant and the bashful plant.

The mimosa is very amazing: it can predict changes between sunny and rainy weather. If you touch it with your hand, its leaves close up very quickly, and when they open it is very slow, this indicates the weather will turn clear. But when its leaves contract slowly, droop slowly, or even close and then open again after just a slight touch, this indicates the weather will turn cloudy or it is about to rain.

Four o'clock flower (Mirabilis jalapa)

The four o'clock flower is also called the "supper flower." Because it blooms at dusk, and blooms most vigorously around supper time, it is also called the supper flower. In the evening, four o'clock flowers bloom one after another, their colors bright and eye-catching, very beautiful.

The four o'clock flower usually blooms the evening of the first day and withers the next morning. We can judge whether the weather will be cloudy or clear, good or bad, according to the time the flowers wither: if the flowers wither immediately as soon as day breaks, it predicts that the day will be clear. If the flowers wither later, it foretells that the day will be cloudy and rainy.

Rain lily (Zephyranthes)

The rain lily is also called chive lotus. When its flowers open, they form a brilliant red mass, very beautiful. We can judge whether the weather will be rainy according to how the rain lily blooms.

Because whenever rain is coming, the outside atmospheric pressure drops sharply and the weather becomes muggy, the transpiration of the rain lily increases, and the bulbs that store nutrients produce a large amount of flowering-promoting hormones, thus producing a large number of flowers.

Typhoon grass

Typhoon grass is also called strong-wind grass. "The grass lives up to its name": it has an inseparable relationship with wind, and people often use it to predict typhoons. On the broad leaf surface of typhoon grass, besides longitudinal wrinkles, one to four transverse creases often also appear.

The number of transverse creases represents the number of typhoons that year. The indigenous residents of Taiwan, China's mountain areas have long used this to judge the number of typhoons and to make preparations in advance accordingly.

Moss

Bryophytes, we can often see them on stones at the bottom of the water or on rocks. As the proverb says, "When green moss appears in watery places, heavy rain is sure to come," which shows that moss can, to a certain extent, predict weather conditions very well.

This is because before it rains, the air temperature drops sharply, causing the pressure on the water surface to decrease, which makes the moss at the bottom of rivers and ponds float up to the surface.

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