Mimosa pudica (touch sensitive plant) Time Lapsed, Touched, and Heated in HD

My friend (thanks Phia) bought this for me at Target for $1; it came with the pot, soil pellet, and 20 mimosa seeds! The Mimosa pudica is a pan-tropical weed, but these are my babies! I planted 10 of the seeds in the pot, and 9 grew. I planted the other 10 seeds outside, and only 4 grew. The noticeable difference between the indoor and outdoor Mimosas is that the outdoor ones have red stems and red trimmed leaflets. I am guessing that this difference is due to insects. 3 of the 4 Mimosas outside have one of their two cotyledons chewed up a bit by insects. I think the red coloration is a byproduct of a natural toxin/insecticide, or a physical appearance meant to scare away insects. I think the red color makes the plant look pretty cool. Sorry, I do not have photos or videos of the ones outside. After I made this video, I transferred the 9 indoor Mimosas to a larger pot and put it outdoors. I did this because some of the new leaflets were not very green. I am guessing that they were too crowded in the small pot and need more nutrients. I gave them a lot of new soil and exposed their roots for around 5 minutes during re-potting, so there may be some problems. Right after re-potting, all the leaflets were closed and unresponsive to touch, probably because they were in shock. However, an hour later, they were re-opened and did respond to touch. I will be gone for about a week at socal, so I will be hoping that they will be okay when I come back. The sprinklers in my backyard better do a good job. And just some cool things I've noticed about the Mimosa: 1. At night, all their leaflets close up, and the cotyledons also close up, so the plant is standing all thin like a pencil. 2. During the day, if you place them near a window with indirect sunlight, the stem will bend toward the light source (the sun) and rotate throughout the day. At the same time, the cotyledons will rotate like satellite dishes, also chasing the sun, to absorb as much sunlight as possible. (add on: I planted these on May 10th, 2009 - thanks Winston)