It has long been accepted that talking to plants can help them flourish, but have you ever wondered what they'd say in response?

Well a plant in Japan has its own blog that may help you understand.

"Midori-san," a 40 cm (16 inches)potted plant on a cafe counter in Kamakura, near Tokyo, blogs every day with the help of a sensor that measures electric signals and a computer algorithm that translates them into Japanese.

The plant, a hoya kerrii, is commonly called a "sweetheart plant" because of its leaf shape.

"We were initially interested in what plants are feeling and what they are reacting to where we can't see," said Satoshi Kuribayashi, a researcher involved in the project at Japan's Keio University.

The strength of electronic signals on the surface of Midori-san's heart-shaped green leaves, which react to light and human touch, are measured by a sensor attached to the plant, and this data is sent to a computer in the cafe.

The computer uses an algorithm to translate the signal data, as well as other factors -- including weather and temperature -- to translate them into words, which are automatically posted on Midori-san's blog (http://plant.bowls-cafe.jp/index.php)

"Today was a sunny day and I was able to sunbathe a lot... I had quite a bit of fun today," Midori-san, whose name means "green" in Japanese, posted on Oct 16.

The latest entry reads: "It was cloudy today. It was a cold day."

Kuribayashi said he hopes that in the future, the blog will reflect even more accurately of Midori-san's feelings.

Blogging with computers and mobile phones is popular in Japan, which had the greatest number of blog posts by language at 37 percent, followed by English and Chinese posts, a study from blog search engine Technocrati in 2007 showed.

大家都知道，與植物說話有助于促進(jìn)它們的生長，但你有沒有想過它們會(huì)怎樣回應(yīng)？

現(xiàn)在，日本一顆植物的“博客”或許能為你解開這個(gè)疑問。

日本一顆名叫“綠（Midori-san）”的盆栽植物每天在一個(gè)傳感器和電腦的幫助下“寫”博客，傳感器的作用是測量電子信號，而電腦則通過一個(gè)運(yùn)算程序?qū)⑦@些信號翻譯成文字。這株盆栽植物生長在東京附近鐮倉市一家咖啡廳的柜臺(tái)上，高40厘米（16英寸）。

這顆植物是一株心形球蘭，因其葉子呈心形，常被稱為“開心草”。

日本慶應(yīng)義塾大學(xué)參與該項(xiàng)目的研究員栗林說：“最初我們是想了解植物的‘情緒變化’，以及在人不知曉的情況下，會(huì)做出怎樣的回應(yīng)。”

“綠”的心形綠葉被光照射和人觸摸后會(huì)產(chǎn)生回應(yīng)，而它所攜帶的傳感器則能夠測量其葉子表面的電子信號的強(qiáng)弱，然后再將這些數(shù)據(jù)傳輸?shù)娇Х瑞^的一臺(tái)電腦上。

電腦通過一個(gè)運(yùn)算程序?qū)⑦@些信號數(shù)據(jù)以及天氣和溫度等其它信息轉(zhuǎn)化成文字，然后將其貼在:“綠”的博客（http://plant.bowls-cafe.jp/index.php）上。

“綠”在本月16日的博客中寫道：“今天陽光明媚，美美地享受了日光浴，真開心哪。”

最近的一篇博客寫道：“今天多云，有點(diǎn)冷。”

栗林博士說，他希望今后這個(gè)博客能更準(zhǔn)確地反映“綠”的“心情”。

日本人很喜歡用電腦和手機(jī)寫博客，根據(jù)Techocrati博客搜索引擎去年的一項(xiàng)統(tǒng)計(jì)數(shù)據(jù)，日語博客占全球博客總數(shù)的37%，居世界首位，其次是英語博客和中文博客。