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Telegraph Plant,
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Telegraph Plant Seeds (The Moving Plant)
{Desmodium gyrans} - Botanical name

If you are familiar with the sensitive plant, the telegraph plant (Codariocalyx motorius) will not surprise you. The slightest movement of air, small vibrations, even sunlight, cause the telegraph plant's foliage to move. Today, it is generally grown as a houseplant. Proper care will maintain your telegraph plant as an intriguing specimen plant.

Here is a website on the planting instructions:
Read more: http://www.ehow.com/how_7559943_care-telegraph-plants.html#ixzz2xTxnUzRw

This plant is famous for its movement of small, lateral leaflets at speeds rapid enough to be perceivable with the naked eye. This is a strategy to maximise light by tracking the sun. Each leaf is equipped with a hinge that permits it to be moved to receive more sunlight, but the weight of these leaves means the plant must expend a lot of energy in moving it. To optimise its movement, each large leaf has two small leaflets at its base. These move constantly along an elliptical path, sampling the intensity of sunlight, and directing the large leaf to the area of most intensity.

The common name is due to the rotation of the leaflets with a period of about three to five minutes; this was likened to a semaphore telegraph, a structure with adjustable paddles that could be seen from a distance, the position of which conveyed a message in semaphore, hence the common names.

There is also you tube video showing the plant moving, just go to you tube and search for Telegraph Plant to check it out!! Its amazing. Children love watching this plant for hours :D

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