plants without green leaves?

are there any plants without green leaves? sorry you guys, last question! but will someone help me with this last one? it goes..."Names some plants whose leaves are not green. How could you find out what pigments they contain?"...i kno that one would be seaweed right? or do they not have leaves? i kno that to alot of people here this probably seems like a really stupid question...but i'm not in college yet so that kinda changes things...thanks everyone! (again

Reply 1

Adhsur

15

Don't worry, just don't feed your plant for a few months. The leaves will no longer be green :smile:

Result!

Reply 2

Ben.S.

11

sweetinferno

are there any plants without green leaves? sorry you guys, last question! but will someone help me with this last one? it goes..."Names some plants whose leaves are not green. How could you find out what pigments they contain?"...i kno that one would be seaweed right? or do they not have leaves? i kno that to alot of people here this probably seems like a really stupid question...but i'm not in college yet so that kinda changes things...thanks everyone! (again

Many underwater plants do not have green leaves (seaweed etc.) because they contain carotenes and xanthophylls (more red/orange) in place of the green pigment, chlorophyll. This enables them to absorb more light from the green and blue parts of the visible spectrum. This is beneficial as green, blue and yellow light (medium wavelength) is able to penetrate water to greater depths than red/orange (long wavelenth) and violet (short wavelength) light can.

Ben

Reply 3

ickle_katy

11

theres a tree in my garden with red leaves. and before someone says its because it autum, its not, it has red leaves in the summer as well.

but i have no idea what it is or anything.

love katy ***

Reply 4

++Hex++

8

ickle_katy

theres a tree in my garden with red leaves. and before someone says its because it autum, its not, it has red leaves in the summer as well.

but i have no idea what it is or anything.

love katy ***

Maple? I seem to remember someone mentioning that. Hmm. Maybe it was something else.

Reply 5

Ben.S.

11

++Hex++

Maple? I seem to remember someone mentioning that. Hmm. Maybe it was something else.

Yeah - probably a Japanese Maple. I have a couple in my garden as well.

Ben

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